The Man Who Caught The Storm: The Life Of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

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Synopsis

The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity’s high-stakes race to understand nature’s fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, “one of today’s great science writers” (The Washington Post).

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged the American heartland a thousand times each year, yet science’s every effort to divine its inner workings had ended in failure. Researchers all but gave up, until the arrival of an outsider.

In a field of PhDs, Tim Samaras didn’t attend a day of college in his life. He chased storms with brilliant tools of his own invention and pushed closer to the tornado than anyone else ever dared. When he achieved what meteorologists had deemed impossible, it was as if he had snatched the fire of the gods. Yet even as he transformed the field, Samaras kept on pushing. As his ambitions grew, so did the risks. And when he finally met his match—in a faceoff against the largest tornado ever recorded—it upended everything he thought he knew.

Brantley Hargrove delivers a “cinematically thrilling and scientifically wonky” (Outside) tale, chronicling the life of Tim Samaras in all its triumph and tragedy. Hargrove takes readers inside the thrill of the chase, the captivating science of tornadoes, and the remarkable character of a man who walked the line between life and death in pursuit of knowledge. The Man Who Caught the Storm is an “adrenaline rush of a tornado chase…Readers from all across the spectrum will enjoy this” (Library Journal, starred review) unforgettable exploration of obsession and the extremes of the natural world.

Chapters

  • Man Who Caught the Storm 01 Opening

    Duration: 16s
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 02 Prologue

    Duration: 17min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 03 Chapter 1

    Duration: 13min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 04 Chapter 2

    Duration: 18min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 05 Chapter 3

    Duration: 17min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 06 Chapter 4

    Duration: 14min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 07 Chapter 5

    Duration: 33min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 08 Chapter 6

    Duration: 17min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 09 Chapter 7

    Duration: 12min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 10 Chapter 8

    Duration: 13min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 11 Chapter 9

    Duration: 18min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 12 Chapter 10

    Duration: 39min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 13 Chapter 11

    Duration: 19min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 14 Chapter 12

    Duration: 23min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 15 Chapter 13

    Duration: 10min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 16 Chapter 14

    Duration: 24min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 17 Chapter 15

    Duration: 11min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 18 Chapter 16

    Duration: 15min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 19 Chapter 17

    Duration: 25min
  • Man Who Caught the Storm 20 Chapter 18

    Duration: 30min
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