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. Thunder & lightning Edit Focusing on the intricate nature of the world around us, as well as the personal relationship we all have to the weather, a National Book Award finalist and visionary writer combining personal stories with history, interviews, scientific research and full-color photos explores the transformative power of weather.
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.
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