Description
| Product ID: | 9780099581673 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Weather Experiment |
| Subtitle: | The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Moore |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | True stories of discovery, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, History, Meteorology and climatology, Weather and climate: general interest, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Meteorology & climatology, Weather, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. The Sunday Times bestseller. An astonishing account of the sailors, scientists and inventors who sought to understand the weather. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-04-07 |
