The reader willing to put herself fully in Redniss's hands will be rewarded with a delicious feeling of being enveloped by a phenomenon that eclipses the chiming trivialities of daily life." - Elle "Lends a graphic-novel-like allure to some of nature's most curious paradoxes." - Vogue "Redniss is one of the most creative science writers of our time-her combination of beautiful artwork, reporting, and poetic prose brings science to life in ways that words alone simply cannot." -Rebecca Skloot "Redniss combines her own dual punch of expressive art and impressive erudition to give an entirely new take on all that happens above our heads. Redniss is inventing a new literary genre. shown us how human beings live with nature-fighting, coexisting, taming, predicting via leech barometer and radar and intuition." - The New York Times Book Review " twenty-first-century genius. Contains plenty of scientific explanation (including more than a few nods toward global warming), but also far-flung personal stories that illuminate the beauty, wonder and chaos inherent in the elements." - The New York Times "Magical. Redniss's combo of fact, folklore, and vibrant etched copperplate prints enthralls." - O: The Oprah Magazine "Eerily beautiful. a wild rainstorm of a book, pelting the reader with ideas and inspiration." - Nature "A gorgeous and illuminating illustrated study of weather in all its tempestuous variety. Praise for Thunder & Lightning " aesthetically charged and deeply researched account. The result is a book unlike any other: a spellbinding combination of storytelling, art, and science. She created many of the images using the antiquated printmaking technique copper plate photogravure etching. Redniss produced each element of Thunder & Lightning : the text, the artwork, the covers, and every page in between. Drawing on extensive research and countless interviews, she examines our own day and age, from our most personal decisions- Do I need an umbrella today? -to the awesome challenges we face with global climate change. Redniss visits the headquarters of the National Weather Service, recounts top-secret rainmaking operations during the Vietnam War, and examines the economic impact of disasters like Hurricane Katrina. This wide-ranging work roams from the driest desert on earth to a frigid island in the Arctic, from the Biblical flood to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. In Thunder & Lightning, Lauren Redniss tells the story of weather and humankind through the ages. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND SHELF AWARENESS Weather is the very air we breathe-it shapes our daily lives and alters the course of history. From the National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive, comes a dazzling fusion of storytelling, visual art, and reportage that grapples with weather in all its dimensions: its danger and its beauty, why it happens and what it means.
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