Intimate Universality: Local and Global Themes in the History of Weather and Climate

ISBN-10: 0881353671
ISBN-13: 9780881353679
Category: Science / History
Pages: 264
Language: English
Published: 2006
Publisher: Science History Publications
Authors: James Rodger Fleming, Vladimir Janković, Deborah R. Coen

Description

Eight essays from a summer 2004 meeting of the International Commission on History of Meteorology, held in Kloster Polling, Upper Bavaria, launch a new series on the history of the science of atmospheres. The topics include meteorology in John Herschel's (1792-1871) terrestrial physics; understanding cloud formation, cloud chambers, and the role of meteorology in Cambridge physics in the late 19th century; and atmospheric science, aviation technology, and neocolonialism in the Americas 1919-45. All but one of the contributing historians of science are from the US. Science History Publications USA is a division of Watson Publishing International

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