"This big picture history of atmospheric research examines the first six decades of the twentieth century, from the dawn of applied fluid dynamics to the emergence, by 1960, of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences. Using newly available archival sources, it documents the w…
Paléoclimatologie: enquête sur les climats anciens
by Ramstein, Gilles, Duplessy, J. Cl
fromSavoirs actuels
Paléoclimatologie: enquête sur les climats anciens
by Ramstein, Gilles, Duplessy, J. Cl
fromSavoirs actuels
In Epicurean Meteorology Frederik Bakker discusses the meteorology as laid out by Epicurus (341-270 BCE) and Lucretius (1st century BCE). Although in scope and organization their ideas are clearly rooted in the Peripatetic tradition, their meteorology sets itself apart from this…
"The gnashing teeth of an oncoming storm. Wind-launched missiles and wind-tossed airplanes. Sand dunes and the Dust Bowl, shipwrecks and wind-riding spiders, weather forecasting, wind power, windmills, and wars; Bill Streever reveals wind's real nature--and its history-shaping f…
"Offers entertaining and science-based observations on the wind, from the world's first forecasts, to Chaos Theory, wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes and wind-generated power. By the best-selling author of Cold and Heat, "--NoveList The gnashing teeth of an oncoming…
"Offers entertaining and science-based observations on the wind, from the world's first forecasts, to Chaos Theory, wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes and wind-generated power. By the best-selling author of Cold and Heat, "--NoveList. The gnashing teeth of an oncomin…
