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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453921803321

Autore

Harper Kristine

Titolo

Weather by the numbers [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis of modern meteorology / / Kristine C. Harper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-26079-4

0-262-27498-1

1-4356-6285-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Transformations

Disciplina

551.50973

Soggetti

Meteorology - History

Weather forecasting - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.