Flotsametrics and the Floating World, by Curtis Ebbesmeyer & Eric Scigliano
Fascinating book about one oceanographers discoveries about the gyres and currents that shape the ocean. Ebbesmeyer is the scientist who brought fame to the floating toys in the Pacific back in the 90’s. Part memoir, part scientific primer, and part manifesto it really brings home how important the ocean’s currents are to history, life, and even death.