Tide
From Cnut to D-Day: the history and science of the unceasing tide explored for the first time.
Half of the world''s population lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. Yet how little most of us know about the tide.
Our ability to predict and understand the tide depends on centuries of science, from the observations of Aristotle and the theories of Newton to today''s supercomputer calculation...
From Cnut to D-Day: the history and science of the unceasing tide explored for the first time.
Half of the world''s population lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. Yet how little most of us know about the tide.
Our ability to predict and understand the tide depends on centuries of science, from the observations of Aristotle and the theories of Newton to today''s supercomputer calculation...
