The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean

  • Drew Kampion
Roberts Rinehart, $29.95, pbk

When you leave your computer or lab bench for a holiday by the sea, you may not care about the physics of wave motion, the origin of swell, or the fact that a water molecule has a circular motion and barely moves forwards at all as a wave passes. You may just want to go for a swim, watch waves break on the shore, or plunge headlong into the surf, board in hand. Either way, the third edition of Drew Kampion's The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean (Roberts Rinehart, $29. 5,) shares your view Part text, part photo gallery, it celebrates waves from ripples to breakers.