Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry by Huler

Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry

Huler
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Defining the Wind is a wonderfully written account of one man's crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beaufort Scale and its eccentric creator, Sir Francis Beaufort. It's as much about the language we use to describe our world as it is an exhortation to observe it more closely.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 06/28/2005
ISBN: 9781400048854
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d