Book examines the ups and downs of waves of every kind

Friday, July 23, 2010 - 15:21 in Earth & Climate

Author Gavin Pretor-Pinney's 'The Wave Watcher's Companion' explores the undulations of everything from sound waves to stadium waves. "There's a regular rhythm to waves that calms us," says British author Gavin Pretor-Pinney, explaining how he came to be fascinated by the science behind the movement of the ocean. In "The Wave Watcher's Companion: From Ocean Waves to Light Waves via Shock Waves, Stadium...

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