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304 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307420558
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Crown
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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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304 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307420558
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Crown
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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...