Provides the most astonishing answers to a whole range of fascinating questions you may have wondered about or may never even have thought of asking!
* Why is the sea salty?
* How does the wind create waves?
* If ice is transparent, why are icebergs white?
* Why are cold seas green and warm seas blue?
* Why don't rope strands untwist?
* Why does a dinghy slide backwards as you try to climb out?
* Why do the sun and moon sometimes have halos?
* Why do barnacles attach themselves to boat hulls?
Pierre-Yves Bely is an engineer who worked with NASA and the ParisObservatory. A passionate cruiser, he sought the answers to a widerange of puzzling questions during his many crossings of the Atlanticand the Pacific. Sally Bely, his wife, translated and adapted the book.
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