An Ocean Of Air: Why The Wind Blows And Other M... -

The book details how humanity gradually understood the complex layers above our heads:

Walker highlights the "wacky characters" behind these breakthroughs: Go to product viewer dialog for this item. An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other M...

: A one-eyed barnstorming pilot discovered invisible "rivers of air" five miles above the Earth that blow with hurricane force. The book details how humanity gradually understood the

: William Ferrel, a self-taught 19th-century American farmer, used a pitchfork to carve equations into a barn door to explain why hurricanes move in circles and how heat flows from the equator to the poles. a self-taught 19th-century American farmer