Book ID: CBB000850353

Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology (2008)

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Harper, Kristine C. (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: ix + 308 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the professionalization of meteorology and the singular importance of the digital computer in the transformation of the discipline during the 20th century.


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Review Friedman, Robert Marc (2010) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 255). unapi

Review Howkins, Adrian (2010) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Environmental History (p. 145). unapi

Review Morgan, Ruth (2011) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 585). unapi

Review Maddox, Robert A. (2012) Review of "Weather by the Numbers: The Genesis of Modern Meteorology". Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society (pp. 338-341). unapi

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

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Authors & Contributors
Fleming, James Rodger
Harper, Kristine C.
Avilés, Lourdes B.
Chen, Zhenghong
Duedall, Iver W.
Edwards, Paul N.
Journals
History of Meteorology
British Journal for the History of Science
Chemical Heritage
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Geohistorische Blätter
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
American Meteorological Society
MIT Press
Purdue University Press
Sutton Publishing, Ltd.
University Press of Florida
Oregon State University
Concepts
Meteorology
Weather forecasting
Earth sciences
Weather
Computer simulation
Climate and climatology
People
Bjerknes, Vilhelm
Rossby, Carl-Gustav
Wexler, Harry
Friedman, Robert Marc
Sutcliffe, Reginald Cockcroft
Von Neumann, John
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Germany
Great Britain
India
Soviet Union
Florida (U.S.)
Institutions
United States. Weather Bureau
Kriegsmarine (Germany)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
American Meteorological Society
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