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The Wave Watcher's Companion: Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations Paperback – June 7, 2011

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A lively, revealing look at waves of all kinds from the bestselling author of The Cloudspotter's Guide

Get ready for a global journey like no other-a passionate enthusiast's exploration of waves that begins with a quiet afternoon at the shore and ends with the world-class Hawaiian surf, making side trips to reveal the ups and downs of brain waves, radio waves, infrared waves, microwaves, shock waves, light waves, and much more.
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    336 pages
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    English
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    Penguin Publishing Group
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    June 7, 2011
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    5.13 x 0.76 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0399536701
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0399536700
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney is a renowned journalist and cofounder of The Idler magazine in England. A former science nerd and a graduate of Oxford University, he has been obsessed with clouds since childhood. His writing has appeared in The Telegraph, Evening Standard, and elsewhere. Based in London and Somerset, Gavin is the founder and chair of The Cloud Appreciation Society. Visit their website at www.cloudappreciationsociety.org.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group; Illustrated edition (June 7, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399536701
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399536700
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.76 x 8 inches
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney is founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, which has members in 120 countries, all of whom are united in the belief that clouds are the most dynamic, evocative and poetic aspect of nature. Gavin is the author of the internationally bestselling Cloudspotter’s Guide and Cloud Collector’s Handbook. Gavin is a TED Global speaker with 1.4 million views. He won the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books and the Royal Meteorological Society’s Michael Hunt award, has presented television documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 and is a Visiting Fellow at the Meteorology Department of Reading University. Gavin co-founded the Idler, a magazine that argues for the importance of downtime in creative thinking.

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Customers thoroughly enjoy this book, with one mentioning it's great reading for those interested in physics. The book provides lots of information, covering familiar topics in new ways.

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Customers find the book thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining, with one customer noting it's great reading for those interested in physics.

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"...I loaned/gave my first copy to a friend. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and think that the author has a great sense of humor as well a a good..." Read more

"...I had to read many passages more than once. Great info though and worth having i you are a water enthusiast." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's presentation of information, noting that it covers familiar topics while presenting aspects of waves in new ways.

"...kayak and study waves, this book covers a lot of familiar topics and details, adding things I'd never known, and describing aspects of waves in new..." Read more

"...that the author has a great sense of humor as well a a good understanding of waves. I wish that I would have read it as a high school text." Read more

"...yet but so far as I can see this is truly a science book so the info is great but hard to digest. I had to read many passages more than once...." Read more

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  • W. N.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013
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    I bought this used almost on a whim. I've read books on ocean waves, oceanography, I kayak and study waves, this book covers a lot of familiar topics and details, adding things I'd never known, and describing aspects of waves in new and interesting ways. It's a joy to read.
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  • ARN
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading for anyone interested in physics.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2013
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    This is the second copy of the book that I have purchased. I loaned/gave my first copy to a friend. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and think that the author has a great sense of humor as well a a good understanding of waves. I wish that I would have read it as a high school text.
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  • Eric Grima
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great for water nerds
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013
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    I have not finished yet but so far as I can see this is truly a science book so the info is great but hard to digest. I had to read many passages more than once. Great info though and worth having i you are a water enthusiast.
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  • Shane
    5.0 out of 5 stars It is a good way to maintain stoke when the waves are flat ...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018
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    If you're a surfer, water-man, or an ocean lover who likes to study and know more about your passion, get the book. It is a good way to maintain stoke when the waves are flat too! Knowledge is power.
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  • Sonia Smit
    5.0 out of 5 stars I love it!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2013
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    It's delightful :) Mr Pretor-Pinney has such a beautiful way with words and often has me laughing at his stories and descriptions.
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  • nh91606
    2.0 out of 5 stars Wave this one goodbye!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2011
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    The concept was good but the product is defective. After giving an explanation of what wave motion is that is consistent with the phenomenon as understood by scientists and mathematicians, the author proceeds to disown it. Some topics are effectively covered, such as how a wave's size determines its interaction with its environment. However the author ignores his own rule that things that look like waves aren't necessarily so. Water humping over an obstacle in its path is not a standing wave, a breaking ocean wave is not a shock wave. When the author tries to be a physics teacher and explain the blue coloring in the wings of the morpho butterfly he gets a D- at best. The book is written to entertain but more obviously to line the author's pocket. The dust jacket of the copy I wasted my money on refers to a website, [...]. This site does not exist but is good evidence that the author had hoped to start an industry with his wave book much as he has done with his book about clouds.
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  • ek
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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    great product and great service!
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  • Vans
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this now.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2018
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    This book will significantly improve your life. Go read it.
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  • brycie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2019
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    I’m well chuffed. Great book, in goog tid, and arrived well within the time estimate. Cheers bud. 😘
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  • jillian bland
    5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for everyone in and around the ocean
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2018
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    Great for windsurfing obsessives, and other marine maniacs.
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