UID:
almahu_9949384527802882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000134780
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1000134784
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9781000145069
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1000145069
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9780429282553
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0429282559
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 40
Content:
"Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book is the history of how weather forecasting was moulded and modelled by the processes of nation-state building and statistics in the western world"--
Note:
Pre-1850 conceptualizations of storms -- Statistics and meteorology before 1854 -- The adoption of an Eulerian approach by state interests -- The Lagrangian approach as a counterweight -- The convergence between statistics and synoptic method -- The hegemony of the Eulerian approach and the beginning of its end -- Behind weather forecasting: national interests and the primacy of public service over research -- Meteorological cartography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Anduaga Egaña, Aitor. Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367244590
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429282553
