It wasn't all that long ago that the concept of rogue waves was set aside as the idle whimsy of undisciplined minds. After all, rogue waves fell well outside of the experience of the vast majority of mariners, and were wholly inconsistent with probabilistic models and known physics. But ignorance does not serve anyone well, particularly those whose lives and livelihoods depend upon a good design, and today the veil of ignorance is being removed. Rogue Waves: Anatomy of a Monster, a brilliantly written book by Michel Olagnon of the French Institute of Maritime Research, aims to inform, entertain, and forewarn in a manner that puts the subject matter as it is known today within reach of any reader.
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