Invisible in the storm: the role of mathematics in understanding weather
Auteur :
Roulstone, Ian / Norbury, John
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691152721
Date de publication :
24 févr. 2013
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
709 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in meteorology only after the turn of the twentieth c