Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author,[1] known for his book The Wavewatcher's Companion.
Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004. He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.
Awards and honours
- 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion[2]
Works
- The Cloudspotter's Guide[1] (2006)
- The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
- A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
- The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)[3][4]
- The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; Co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)
TV appearances
References
- 1 2 "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh.
- ↑ "Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize", The Independent, 18 November 2011
- ↑ "The Wavewatcher's Companion".
- ↑ "Daily Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 June 2010.
- ↑ "Cloudspotting". BBC.
- ↑ "The Secret Life of Waves". BBC.
External links
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