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Ebb and flow : tides and life on our once and future planet Cover Image Book Book

Ebb and flow : tides and life on our once and future planet / Tom Koppel.

Koppel, Tom. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781550027266 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1550027263 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 292 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, c2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references: p. [287]-292.

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Subject: Koppel, Tom.
Tides.
Tidal currents.
Tide-predictors.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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Acknowledgements 9(2)
Prologue 11(4)
High Water and History: India, China, and How the Ancient World Learned about the Moon and Tides
15(22)
Living by the Tides: Author's Daily Activities Run in Sync with the Local Tide Tables
37(18)
Heaven and Earth: The Renaissance and Isaac Newton's Great Breakthrough in Tidal Theory
55(18)
Into the Maelstrom: Powerful Tidal Currents Generate Killer Whirlpools
73(18)
The Shape of Tides: The Great Variety of Shorelines Created by Different Tidal Regimes
91(24)
Age of Discovery: European Explorers Learn How Complex the Tides Can Be
115(20)
Tidal Tempest: Fast-Flowing Waters Doom Many a Ship
135(14)
Theory Meets Practice: Tides as Great Rotating Wave Systems
149(22)
The Great Wheel of Life: High Water and Coastal Biology
171(16)
Sea and Sky in Harmony: Oscillating Waters and Modern Tidal Forecasting
187(28)
Holding Back the Tide: How Civilizations Have Coped with High Water and Low
215(16)
The Big Picture: Climate Change and Worldwide Tidal Patterns
231(16)
Turning the Tide: Tapping the Energy of the Oceans
247(18)
Once and Future Tides: A Receding Moon and Drifting Continents
265(18)
Epilogue: A Trip to the Beach 283(4)
Further Reading 287

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