Joann Neuroth’s Reviews > Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Mans Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science > Status Update

This book is fascinating. The author contagiously loves his work as an oceanographer (though he didn't find it until he'd trained as an engineer and then realized he was bored stiff with engineering tasks. He becomes an expert in using floating objects (natural, designed, accidental) to learn about the movement of oceans.