Book ID: CBB000741789

British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment (2007)

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Golinski, Jan V. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 272 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Good, Greg (2008) Review of "British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 838). unapi

Essay Review Coen, Deborah R. (2010) Weatherwiser?. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 125-135). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Anderson, Katharine M.
Anduaga Egaña, Aitor
Candaux, Jean-Daniel
Carolan, V.
Cavalchi, Bruno
Coen, Deborah R.
Journals
History of Meteorology
Australian Historical Studies
British Journal for the History of Science
Environment and History
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for Maritime Research: Britian, the Sea and Global History
Publishers
Olschki
Duke University Press
Georg Editeur
MIT Press
Purdue University Press
Science History Publications
Concepts
Meteorology
Climate and climatology
Weather forecasting
Earth sciences
Geography
Physics
People
Corti, Bonaventura
Fitzroy, Robert
Friedman, Robert Marc
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de
Sutcliffe, Reginald Cockcroft
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Alps (Europe)
Australia
Switzerland
Institutions
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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