num_pages: 304
description: Defining the Wind is a wonderfully written account of one man’s crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beaufort Scale and its eccentric creator, Sir Francis Beaufort. It’s as much about the language we use to describe our world as it is an exhortation to observe it more closely.
language: English
title: Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
titlecomplete: Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
characters: Francis Beaufort
genres: History, Biography, Science, Nature, History Of Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 220
publisher: Crown