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How to read water : clues and patterns from puddles to the sea / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower.

Gooley, Tristan, (author.). Gower, Neil, (illustrator.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781615193585 (cloth)
Physical Description: 393 p.
Publisher: New York, NY : The Experiment, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Strange beginnings: an introduction -- Launching -- How to see the Pacific in a pond -- Land ripples -- The not so humble puddle -- Rivers and streams -- The rise -- The lake -- The colour of water -- Light and water -- The sound of water -- Reading waves -- The Omani delight: an interlude -- The coast -- The beach -- Currents and tides -- Water at night -- Shipwatching -- Rare and extraordinary -- Uncharted water: an epilogue.