Where the River Flows: Scientific Reflections on Earth's Waterways
Hardcover
Paperback
- Price:
- $21.95/拢17.99
- ISBN:
- Published:
- Aug 6, 2019
- Copyright:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 216
- Size:
- 5.5 x 8.5 in.
- 40 b/w illus. 2 tables.
- Main_subject:
- Earth Science
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Rivers are essential to every aspect of civilization, from brewing beer to building computers, yet how many of us understand how they work? Where the River Flows takes you on a journey along our planet鈥檚 waterways, providing a scientist鈥檚 reflections on the profound interrelationships that rivers have with landscapes, ecosystems, and societies.
Drawing on examples ranging from backyard creeks to evocative rivers like the Mississippi, Yangtze, Thames, and Congo, Sean Fleming looks at rivers through the lens of physics, using abundant graphics and intuitive analogies to explore surprising connections between watershed hydrology and the world around us. He explains how river flows fluctuate like stock markets, what 鈥渄igital rainbows鈥� tell us about climate change and its effects on water, how building virtual watersheds in silicon may help avoid water wars, and more. Along the way, you鈥檒l see what communications theory, fractals, artificial life, and other exciting scientific ideas reveal about the life of rivers.
