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29.05.02
Wild
Weather - The Ultimate Journey Through The Elements
By
John Lynch, Foreword by Donal MacIntyre
Published
by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide to accompany the landmark Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ television series.
The
weather is the breathing of the planet and the last truly wild thing
on Earth; we cannot predict it and we cannot control it - so how
does it work? In Wild Weather, published by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide on 5 September
to accompany the landmark Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ television series presented by Donal
MacIntyre, John Lynch takes an exhilarating journey into the heart
of the weather to explain.
Beautifully
illustrated throughout using stunning computer graphics from the
television series and over 200 dramatic colour photographs and diagrams,
Wild Weather recreates the unseen wonders of the world, visualizing
the formation of these phenomena and taking a detailed look at the
most exciting and dangerous forces of the weather. Chapters include:
- WEATHER
WORLD - what is the weather, and what drives it?
- WIND
- without wind the Earth would be full of extremes; it brings
relief from heat but causes devastation through tornados and typhoons
- WET
- at the centre of all our weather; causing rain, storms, monsoons
and floods
- COLD
- one of the deadliest enemies for man; behind the delicate beauty
of snowflakes lie the dangers of frost, snow, blizzards, smog
and avalanches
- HOT
- a mighty force that governs our weather, from powering hurricanes
and sandstorms, to thunder and lightning
- CHANGE
- recent years have seen an increase in 'record-breaking' instances
of extreme weather. Are they random blips or irreversible trends
and what will be the consequences of these changes for us?
Capturing
some of the most dramatic moments changing weather can bring, from
hurricanes to sandstorms and monsoons to avalanches, and comprehensively
explaining the scientific facts behind them, Wild Weather is both
a visual encyclopedia and a stunning and informative guide to the
world's weather.
After
gaining a degree in psychology JOHN LYNCH joined Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Science in
1976 as a researcher for James Burke's classic series Connections.
He then became a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Science producer/director and co-produced Burke's
subsequent series The Day the Universe Changed. Since then he has
been involved in 14 Horizons programmes, including films on the
eruption of Mt St Helens, and dinosaur-hunting expeditions to the
Gobi Desert, culminating in a BAFTA award for the acclaimed film
Fermat's Last Theorem. In 1994 he was appointed editor of Horizon
and executive editor in 1998. John was executive producer of the
ground-breaking Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Science series The Planets and Walking with
Dinosaurs. He is currently the Creative Director, Science, and is
responsible for all documentary science series across Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television.
PUBLICATION
DATE: 5 September 2002
PRICE: Β£20.00 hardback
ISBN: 0 563 53447 8
Wild
Weather, a new four-part series for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ television, begins in September.
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