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The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

Categorie	Klimaat & Weer
Boeknummer	#400141-VD44
Titel	The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
Auteur	Moore, Peter
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Vintage
Jaar van uitgave	2016
ISBN10	0099581671
ISBN13	9780099581673
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Book of the Week on Radio 4 'Gripping' The Times 'Exhilarating' Sunday Times In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere. Meet Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon, Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, and at the centre of it all Admiral Robert FitzRoy: master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office. Peter Moore's exhilarating account navi... (Lees verder)gates treacherous seas, rough winds and uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention and greater understanding.
Pagina's	395
Conditie	Goed
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