{"product_id":"a-sideways-look-at-clouds-maria-ruth-9781680511185","title":"A Sideways Look at Clouds","description":"\u003cb\u003e2017 Silver Nautilus Book Award in Science and Cosmology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a critically-acclaimed natural-history author\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShares author's fun journey to understanding clouds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten for the curious--but non-science--minded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Author Maria Mudd Ruth fell in love with clouds the same way she stumbles into most passions: madly and unexpectedly. \u003ci\u003eA Sideways Look at Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of her quite accidental infatuation with and education about the clouds above. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she moved to the soggy Northwest a decade ago, Maria assumed that locals would know everything there was to know about clouds, in the same way they talk about salmon, tides, and the Seahawks. Yet in her first two years of living in Olympia, Washington, she never heard anyone talk about clouds--only the rain. Puzzled by this lack of cloud savvy, she decided to create a 10-question online survey and sent it to everyone she knew. Her sample size of 67 people included men and women, new friends in Olympia, family on the East Coast, outdoorsy and indoorsy types, professional scientists, and liberal arts majors like herself. The results showed that while people knew a little bit about clouds, most were like her--they had a hard time identifying clouds or remembering their names. As adults, they had lost their curiosity and sense of wonder about clouds and were, essentially, not in the habit of looking up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Sideways Look at Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledges the challenges of understanding clouds and so uses a very steep and bumpy learning curve--the author's--as its plot line. The book is structured around the ten words used in most definitions of a cloud: \"a visible mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the earth.\" A captivating story teller, Maria blends science, wonder, and humor to take the scenic route through the clouds and encourages readers to chart their own rambling, idiosyncratic course. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether you are outside under the clouds, inside planning your next adventure, or curled up anywhere with a good book, \u003ci\u003eA Sideways Look at Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e will engage, inform, and inspire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Ruth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680511181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680511185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"Maria Ruth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937176781055,"sku":"9781680511185","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5840d46e-65e1-4c6d-a310-34a4cddb8891.jpg?v=1681428580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sideways-look-at-clouds-maria-ruth-9781680511185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}