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'''Bill Streever''' is a biologist and writer well known for bringing scientific topics to a popular audience.<ref name=NYT>{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/books/review/Roach-t.html | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | title=Less Than Zero | author=Mary Roche | date=23 July 2009 | accessdate=4 January 2020 | quote=Book Review: Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places, by Bill Streever}}</ref><ref name="SH">{{cite news |title="In Oceans Deep" and "Into the Planet" Review: No Strangers to the Abyss |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-oceans-deep-and-into-the-planet-review-no-strangers-to-the-abyss-11578067585?mod=djembooks |accessdate=4 January 2020 |newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=3 January 2020 | author=Stephen Harrigan}}</ref>
| name = Bill Streever
| birth_date = 1961
| birth_place = [[Kingsport, Tennessee]]
| website = http://billstreever.com/
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'''Bill Streever''' (born 1961, [[Kingsport, Tennessee]]), is a biologist and writer known for bringing scientific topics to a popular audience.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/books/review/Roach-t.html | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | title=Less Than Zero | author=Mary Roche | date=23 July 2009 | accessdate=4 January 2020 | quote=Book Review: Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places, by Bill Streever}}</ref><ref name="SH">{{cite news |title="In Oceans Deep" and "Into the Planet" Review: No Strangers to the Abyss |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-oceans-deep-and-into-the-planet-review-no-strangers-to-the-abyss-11578067585?mod=djembooks |accessdate=4 January 2020 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=3 January 2020 | author=Stephen Harrigan}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2016/08/16/490208033/-roaring-wind-examines-extreme-weather-and-the-power-of-air?t=1578144105318 | title='Roaring Wind' Examines Extreme Weather, And The Power Of Air | quote=Biologist Bill Streever sailed from Texas to Guatemala while doing research for his new book, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He says the wind was working against him "most of the time." | date=16 August 2019 | accessdate=4 January 2020 | website=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
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* ''In oceans deep : courage, innovation, and adventure beneath the waves '' (2019).<ref name="SH"/>
Books written by Streever are as follows;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-28 |title=Bill Streever |url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/bill-streever/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Hachette Book Group |language=en-US}}</ref>
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* ''And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air '' (2016)
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* ''In oceans deep: courage, innovation, and adventure beneath the waves '' (2019).<ref name="SH"/>
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* ''Heat : adventures in the world's fiery places '' (2013)
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* ''And soon I heard a roaring wind: a natural history of moving air '' (2016)
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* ''Heat: adventures in the world's fiery places '' (2013)
* ''Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places'' Little, Brown, and Company (2009).<ref name=NYT/>
* ''Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places'' Little, Brown, and Company (2009).<ref name=NYT/>


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 11 August 2024

Bill Streever
Born1961
Kingsport, Tennessee
Websitehttp://billstreever.com/

Bill Streever (born 1961, Kingsport, Tennessee), is a biologist and writer known for bringing scientific topics to a popular audience.[1][2][3]

Books

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Books written by Streever are as follows;[4]

  • In oceans deep: courage, innovation, and adventure beneath the waves (2019).[2]
  • And soon I heard a roaring wind: a natural history of moving air (2016)
  • Heat: adventures in the world's fiery places (2013)
  • Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places Little, Brown, and Company (2009).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mary Roche (23 July 2009). "Less Than Zero". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2020. Book Review: Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places, by Bill Streever
  2. ^ a b Stephen Harrigan (3 January 2020). ""In Oceans Deep" and "Into the Planet" Review: No Strangers to the Abyss". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "'Roaring Wind' Examines Extreme Weather, And The Power Of Air". NPR. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020. Biologist Bill Streever sailed from Texas to Guatemala while doing research for his new book, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He says the wind was working against him "most of the time."
  4. ^ "Bill Streever". Hachette Book Group. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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