WE ARE surrounded by waves. They pass through us, they allow us to hear and see, they move us and we could not live without them. They are everywhere, yet most we do not even notice.
Gavin Pretor-Pinney did something wonderful with his first book, The Cloudspotter’s Guide, creating a community of cloud obsessives. Can he do the same with this more nebulous subject? While clouds were easy to get started on – just lie back and observe – waves are a bit harder. We think we know about waves, but the beach is just the beginning.
A measure of the success…
