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Item specifics

Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Subject
Science & Technology
ISBN
0812993179
EAN
9780812993172
Topic
Weather
Special Attributes
Illustrated

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Product Information

From the National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive, comes a dazzling fusion of storytelling, visual art, and reportage that grapples with weather in all its dimensions: its danger and its beauty, why it happens and what it means. WINNER OF THE PEN/E. O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SHELF AWARENESS Weather is the very air we breathe--it shapes our daily lives and alters the course of history. In Thunder & Lightning, Lauren Redniss tells the story of weather and humankind through the ages. This wide-ranging work roams from the driest desert on earth to a frigid island in the Arctic, from the Biblical flood to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Redniss visits the headquarters of the National Weather Service, recounts top-secret rainmaking operations during the Vietnam War, and examines the economic impact of disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on extensive research and countless interviews, she examines our own day and age, from our most personal decisions-- Do I need an umbrella today? --to the awesome challenges we face with global climate change. Redniss produced each element of Thunder & Lightning : the text, the artwork, the covers, and every page in between. She created many of the images using the antiquated printmaking technique copper plate photogravure etching. She even designed the book's typeface. The result is a book unlike any other: a spellbinding combination of storytelling, art, and science. Praise for Thunder & Lightning "[An] aesthetically charged and deeply researched account . . . a wild rainstorm of a book, pelting the reader with ideas and inspiration." -- Nature "A gorgeous and illuminating illustrated study of weather in all its tempestuous variety . . . Redniss's combo of fact, folklore, and vibrant etched copperplate prints enthralls." -- O: The Oprah Magazine "Eerily beautiful . . . Contains plenty of scientific explanation (including more than a few nods toward global warming), but also far-flung personal stories that illuminate the beauty, wonder and chaos inherent in the elements." -- The New York Times "Magical . . . Redniss has . . . shown us how human beings live with nature--fighting, coexisting, taming, predicting via leech barometer and radar and intuition." -- The New York Times Book Review "[A] twenty-first-century genius . . . Redniss is inventing a new literary genre. . . . The reader willing to put herself fully in Redniss's hands will be rewarded with a delicious feeling of being enveloped by a phenomenon that eclipses the chiming trivialities of daily life." -- Elle "Lends a graphic-novel-like allure to some of nature's most curious paradoxes." -- Vogue "Redniss is one of the most creative science writers of our time--her combination of beautiful artwork, reporting, and poetic prose brings science to life in ways that words alone simply cannot." --Rebecca Skloot "Redniss combines her own dual punch of expressive art and impressive erudition to give an entirely new take on all that happens above our heads. This is an illuminated book that is also an illuminating one." --Adam Gopnik "A strange and wonderful thing, the work of a first-class mind that refuses to submit to any categories or precedent." --Dave Eggers "Beautiful and totally original." --Elizabeth Kolbert

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812993179
ISBN-13
9780812993172
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210310779

Product Key Features

Genre
Nature, Science, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year
2015
Language
English
Artist/Writer
Lauren Redniss
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1in
Item Length
11.8in
Item Width
8.9in
Item Weight
49.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Reviews
Advance praise for Thunder & Lightning   "Lauren Redniss is one of the most creative science writers of our time--her combination of beautiful artwork, reporting, and poetic prose brings science to life in ways that words alone simply cannot. Thunder & Lighting is a fascinating meditation on how climate affects the earth's landscape and the lives inhabiting it, but also how the landscape of a book--the layout of its text, the images on its pages--impacts the telling of a story. This is an important book about a topic that couldn't be more important to us all." --Rebecca Skloot   "In Thunder & Lightning, Lauren Redniss combines her own dual punch of expressive art and impressive erudition to give an entirely new take on all that happens above our heads. This is an illuminated book that is also an illuminating one." --Adam Gopnik   "Lauren Redniss's Thunder & Lightning is such a strange and wonderful thing, the work of a first-class mind that refuses to submit to any categories or precedent. It's the way you wish science would always be taught--with a mix of stories and facts, legend and hard science." --Dave Eggers   "Beautiful and totally original." --Elizabeth Kolbert
Dewey Edition
23
Book Title
Thunder and Lightning : Weather Past, Present, Future
Lccn
2015-452880
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
551.6
Topic
Weather, Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Nonfiction / General
Lc Classification Number
Qc981.2.R44 2015

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