Gavin Pretor-Pinney #69

“When you are dancing to someone else’s tune the danger is you may never be satisfied.”

Gavin Pretor-Pinney is the co-founder of The Idler magazine and a longtime advocate of the joys of time ill-spent. In The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Cloud Collector's Handbook, he tackles the idlest pursuit of all: cloudwatching.

Pretor-Pinney’s blend of tranquil appreciation and hard science have floated his cloud books to the top of bestseller lists. For Pretor-Pinney, clouds illustrate how mundane phenomena reveal the complex vectors that connect the natural wonders around us.

Pretor-Pinney is also the author of The Wavewatcher's Companion.

Links and Topics From This Episode With Gavin Pretor-Pinney

* TED Talk
* Cloud Appreciation Society
* What are clouds?
* The Magic of Water
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* Simply the Magic of Water