Book ID: CBB000550239

Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology (2005)

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Anderson, Katharine M. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: x + 331 pp.; ill.; bib.; index
Language: English

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Review Tucker, Jennifer (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 507). unapi

Review Morus, Iwan Rhys (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza. unapi

Review Golan, Tal (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". American Historical Review (p. 1597). unapi

Review Keighren, Innes M. (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 42). unapi

Review Smith, Robert W. (2005) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Victorian Studies (p. 149). unapi

Review Lüdecke, Cornelia (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 97). unapi

Review Good, Gregory (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 761). unapi

Review Chang, Hasok (2007) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Public Understanding of Science (p. 507). unapi

Review Eddy, Matthew D. (2007) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 295). unapi

Review Dry, Sarah (2006) Review of "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 397). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Anduaga Egaña, Aitor
Zhu, Marlon
Carolan, V.
Dry, Sarah
Duedall, Iver W.
Fiolhais, Carlos
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Environment and History
History of Meteorology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for Maritime Research: Britian, the Sea and Global History
Publishers
Duke University Press
Purdue University Press
Routledge
State University of New York
Sutton Publishing, Ltd.
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Meteorology
Weather forecasting
Climate and climatology
Earth sciences
Astronomical observatories
Biographies
People
Fitzroy, Robert
Bjerknes, Vilhelm
Darwin, Charles Robert
Secchi, Angelo
Sutcliffe, Reginald Cockcroft
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
India
Florida (U.S.)
Massachusetts (U.S.)
China
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
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