Thunder and Lightning - Weather Past, Present and Future

21st-century genius' ElleA howling wind, a thunderstorm, the beating sun - it's with the elements that nature shows its true force and wonder.In Thunder and Lightning, Guggenheim fellow and Pulitzer nominee Lauren Redniss draws a new account of the weather. She has travelled from the frozen archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean to the 'absolute desert' of Atacoma, Chile, to show us the elements at their most extreme. Along the way, through interviews and research, she has unearthed curious stories of exploration, savagery and coincidence - stories which show us how weather has shaped humanity, intervened in the course of history, and how mankind, in turn, has tried to bend the weather to its ends.A book of exquisite beauty, with each illustration etched and coloured by hand, Thunder and Lightning informs, charms and transports. A combination of art and cultural history, from an uncategorisable and unique creative spirit, it will leave readers looking at the wind, the sun and the rain with new eyes.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Redniss, Redniss Lauren
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780224096751
• ISBN: 978-0-224-09675-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 300 mm x 26 mm
• Series: JONATHAN CAPE
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SCIENCE / Natural History, NATURE / Weather, History of Science, Social and cultural history, Meteorology & climatology, Weather, Weather and climate: general interest, Meteorology and climatology