Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Throughout, author and cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers points for spotting them and recording their finds.

"A Cloud a Day urges all of us to keep our heads in the clouds with 365 fascinating formations from Pretor-Pinney's extraordinary collection that combines cloud images with a short piece of cloud science, an inspiring sky quotation, or a detail of the skydepicted in a classic painting. They are clouds to inspire a moment of calm atmospheric contemplation each day. The book helps explain almost every kind of cloud type in easy laymen terms"--

Offers information on how all sorts of waves work and how and why they form, including ocean waves, light waves, sound waves, and brain waves.

"An encyclopedic guide to weather phenomena combining expert insight and stunning imagery."-- "From fire rainbows to ice storms, this is an A to Z guide to the Earth's spectacular weather phenomena. The entries have been crafted by experts at the Royal Meteorological Society, and many are illustrated with dramatic imagery from their annual Weather Photographer of the Year competition. As well as providing precise scientific and geographic detail...