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How to read water : clues and patterns from puddles to the sea : learn to gauge depth, navigate, forecast weather, and make other predictions with water / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower.

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 1615193588
  • ISBN: 9781615193585
  • Physical Description: 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : The Experiment, LLC, 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 color 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.
Subject:
Water.

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  • 9 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Old Fort Branch Library 551.46 GOO (Text) 37810435415087 Adult New Nonfiction Available -