The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth

Hugh Aldersey-Williams with Derek Perkins (Narrator)

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nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
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Here is the epic story of the centuries-long search to understand the tide: from Aristotle, said to have drowned himself when he failed to figure out the Greek tides, to the pioneering investigations into the role of the moon by Galileo and Newton...

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