Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author,[1] known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and 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.[2] He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.[citation needed]
Awards and honours
- 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion[3]
Works
- The Cloudspotter's Guide (2006)[1]
- The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
- A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
- The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)[4][5]
- The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; Co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)
- A Cloud A Day (2019)
Television appearances
References
- ^ a b "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh.
- ^ "The joy of cloudspotting: 10 incredible visions in clouds". TED Blog. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
- ^ "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.
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