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

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

Scott Huler

290 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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