A beautifully packaged, engagingly written introduction to "the science, history, and culture of clouds." I learned a lot about how clouds form and what types of clouds there are, but just as importantly I learned about the seedy world of sixteenth-century cloud pornography and about William Rankin, the only man to have personal experience of the interior of a cumulonimbus cloud (aka a thunderhead).
There is a cloud identification quiz in the middle of the book, and it asks you to differentiate between cirrus and stratus clouds, but it also identifies one cloud as "an Abominable Snowman who is upset that his pet seahorse is ignoring him." Very enjoyable and informative all around.
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