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The Cloudspotter's Guide
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman and founder member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. His book not only teaches us to recognise their different varieties the cumulus, nimbostratus and Morning Glory to name only a few but also celebrates their beauties and significances, both meteorological and cultural.
We learn how Hindus believed the cumulus clouds were the spiritual cousins of elephants, how thermal air currents act on fair weather cumuli, and how to save a fortune in psychiatric bills by using the clouds as Rorschach images that reflect our state of mind as well as nature s moods.
Looking up will never be the same again.
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Praise for The Cloudspotter's Guide
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A lovely book, the sort that everybody should have in the car or on the kitchen windowsill - Daily Telegraph His style is genial, his enthusiasm uplifting and his book nothing less than a subtle but glorious mantra for a way of life. - Metro Read this eye-opening and amusingly written book and you will realise that beautiful as they are clouds are not just put there for decoration, they are truly awesome things. - Daily Mail Eloquent and engaging Beautiful illustrations, photos and diagrams throughout, which show how spectacular the sights can be for the ardent cloudspotter. - Financial Times
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