And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316410601)

A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold.

Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind -- the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them -- by traveling right through it. Narrating from a fifty-year-old sailboat, Streever leads readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by climate change. Along the way, he shares stories of wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes, wind-generated power, wind-tossed airplanes, and the uncomfortable interactions between wind and wars, drawing from natural science, history, business, travel, as well as from his own travels.

And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind is an effortless personal narrative featuring the keen observations, scientific rigor, and whimsy that readers love. You'll never see a breeze in the same light again.

Author: Bill Streever
ISBN-10: 0316410608
ISBN-13: 9780316410601
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2016
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2016
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2016
Library Journal 06/15/2016 pg. 94
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 12