The wave
Subtitle: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the ocean
By: Susan Casey
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780385666671
Subjects: Rogue waves; Vagues scélérates
Description: A riveting and rollicking tour-de-force about the terrifying power of nature's most deadly phenomena - colossal waves - and the scientists and super surfers who are obsessed with them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The grand empress; title: Broken skulls; title: Schr&#x1E0F;inger's wave; title: Karma, tiger sharks, and the golden carrot; title: Wave good-bye; title: Mavericks; title: "I never saw anything like it"; title: Killers; title: Heavy weather; title: Egypt; title: Out, way out, on the Cortes bank; title: The wild coast; title: At the edge of the horizon