November 18, 2011
ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO JOIN THE BOX:
Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize (Steve Connor, 18 November 2011, Independent)A self-confessed idler who believes that doing nothing is an art form has won the most prestigious prize in science book publishing for his treatise on watching waves.
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, who co-founded The Idler magazine and set up the Cloud Appreciation Society, was last night awarded the £10,000 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with his latest observations on laid-back living, The Wavewatcher's Companion.
His BBC film, Cloudspotting, is awesome.
Posted by oj at November 18, 2011 5:42 AM
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