Tides: the science and spirit of the ocean

Foreword / by Peter Matthiessen

In deep : an introduction

The perfect dance : birds and big tides in the Bay of Fundy

Star of our life : a meditation on tide history at Mont Saint-Michel

Silver dragon : China's Qiantang River tidal bore

The last magician : Sir Isaac Newton and the scientific revolution

Big waves : surfing mavericks and nineteenth-century tide theories

Fast water : how tidal currents slow the Earth and bend time

Big tides and resonance : Fundy and Ungava

Turning the tide : grinding wheat, powering homes

Higher tides : sea level rise from Kuna Yala to Venice.