Weather experiment, the: the pioneers who sought to see the future
Auteur :
Moore, Peter
Éditeur :
Vintage Publishing
ISBN :
9780099581673
Date de publication :
7 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
342 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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. This book features Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, and, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon.