Aldersey-Williams's corrective meshes a history of the science with tide-related technologies and tidally sculpted events. It's an eloquent ebb and flow
Nature
Exposes new facts and ideas every other page
Horatio Clare
Observer
Engaging and thoughtful... Like some of the most compelling biographers, Aldersey-Williams partly inhabits his subject
Literary Review on The Adventures ... Read moreof Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century
Aldersey-Williams is full of good stories and he knows how to tell them well
Graham Farmelo on 'Periodic Tales'
Sunday Telegraph
Immensely engaging and continually makes one sit up in surprise
Richard Cohen on 'Periodic Tales'
Sunday Times
Science writing at its best ... fascinating and beautiful
Matt Ridley on 'Periodic Tales' Prepare for a voyage with the best of companions - Hugh Aldersey-Williams is a storyteller supreme, and he's found a subject worthy of his talents
Edward Dolnick, author of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World This fascinating book deftly explores the dramatic history, critical importance, and scientific wonder of the tides. Hugh Aldersey-Williams is a marvelous guide who takes the reader on a sweeping and thought-provoking adventure into the heart of one of the most captivating, mysterious, and elemental forces of nature
Eric Jay Dolin, author of Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse Imagine, if possible, a gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed WG Sebald. It is a superb book... a delight to read. It is profound and powerful, and should win prizes.
James McConnachie
Sunday Times
A spring tide of colour and historical anecdote laps over the more austere mudflats of the actual science. So much so that I find myself looking forward to the next piece of technical exposition
Tom Whipple
The Times
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