Eye of the Storm: The Science, Magic, and Meaning of Storms

Synopsis

Storms can fill the sky with lightning, bring violent winds to the tropics or bury landscapes in winter snow. This illustrated non-fiction book explains how such weather develops, introduces the different kinds of storms and looks at the work meteorologists do to investigate them. The exploration also reaches beyond scientific explanations. Across places and periods of history, storms have shaped myths, storytelling and art. Catherine Ard and Rômolo D'Hipólito bring those cultural responses together with the study of real weather, offering a view of storms as both natural events to understand and forces that have captured human imagination.

Abridged synopsis based on Flying Eye Books (opens in a new tab).