Waves and Beaches (3rd edition)

Willard Bascom & Kim McCoy

Patagonia

£23.99

Waves and beaches is both a beautiful and intellectually stimulating book. The phenomenon of waves is explored scientifically through oceanographic experiments and equations, but also conceptually. Think of tides as long waveforms; consider climate change as itself a wave.  Geology is compellingly presented as matter in a state of flux; explanations of the complex interrelationship of sea and coast are powerful, fascinating and, of course, highly relevant. This study was first published in 1963, updated in 1979 and has been brought completely into the c21st by Kim McCoy. Examples are global but passages of direct experience ensure personal immediacy. It will enhance sailing experience and observations as well as stimulating wider understanding of the great environmental challenge of our time.