Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Pretor-Pinney Edmund is a British author, [1] Berninahaus 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 lives ook in Somerton , Somerset . [ Citation needed ]

Awards and honors

  • 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

  • Presented on BBC TV: Cloudspotting [5]
  • Appeared on BBC TV: The Secret Life of Waves [6]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b “The Cloudspotter’s Guide” . Conville and Walsh .
  2. Jump up^ “Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize”,The Independent, 18 November 2011
  3. Jump up^ “The Wavewatcher’s Companion” .
  4. Jump up^ “Daily Telegraph review” . The Daily Telegraph . London. 13 June 2010.
  5. Jump up^ “Cloudspotting” . BBC .
  6. Jump up^ “The Secret Life of Waves’ . BBC .