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Curious Anatomy of Freak Waves

Name: Curious Anatomy of Freak Waves
Brand: Éditions Quae
SKU: 9782759229673
Price: 24.0 EUR
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ISBN: 978-2-7592-2967-3

by Michel Olagnon (writer), Janette Kerr (writer)

Collection: Carnets de sciences

march 2019

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Without waves and ripples, lakes, seas and oceans would scarcely be more attractive than simple swimming pools. Sometimes their swells become monstrous, ferocious, killer: freakish. How are these ogres of freak waves born, how do they live and die? Do they come out of nowhere? Can ships confront them? Here are a few thoughts on rare events, anecdotes and scientific explanations within everyone's reach, livened up with photos and watercolours.

This book is also available in English from Bloomsbury Publishing - www.bloomsbury.com

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Boat International - Le 01/08/2017

La version anglaise de l'ouvrage, Rogue waves, a été le "Book of the month" du magazine anglais Boat International. Consulter l'article ici.

Atlantico - Le 25/05/2017

Une interview de Michel Olagnon sur le phénomène à lire ici.

Echosciences Occitanie - Le 13/09/2016

« Ce livre est un chef-d'œuvre, lisez-le ! Vous découvrirez ce que peut être un auteur scientifique quand il est au meilleur de sa forme. »
> Lire l'article complet « Le coin lecture : "Vagues scélérates" » , d'Olivier MOCH, Président de Science Animation et ancien DGA de Météo France.

France Culture - Le 20/10/2015

Michel Olagnon était dans l'émission Continent Sciences sur le thème "Quand l'océan forme des falaises liquides"

RFI - Le 15/04/2015

Retrouvez l'intervention de l'auteur sur les vagues scélérates dans l'émission "Autour de la question"

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