Imagine, if you can, a textbook written to engage your emotion, honor your intelligence, spin an elegant contextual narrative, and leave you with a lump in your throat wishing you could reach out a hand to hold onto the author at the end. Even if you prefer your science straight-as in, weather is simply the first law of thermodynamics influenced by the Coriolis effect-Reading the Glass, by Capt. Elliot Rappaport, is for you. Meteorology becomes accessible thanks to an abundance of just good old sea stories, the kind involving a 134'slow-moving sailing ship traversing the globe on passages long enough to guarantee that halcyon days can't help but turn nasty: gear breaks and the sea makes up, soaking bunks below and setting unsecured stores adrift. It's all told with utmost respect for science, seamanship, and the humanity required to interact effectively on the oceans of the world.
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