The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the SkiesMacmillan, 03.08.2002 - 292 Seiten Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize |
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... of changing the reader's perception of the world . " -The Economist RICHARD HAMBLYN The Invention of Clouds HOW AN AMATEUR METEOROLOGIST FORGED THE LANGUAGE OF THE SKIES 1 The Invention of Clouds Richard Hamblyn The Invention of. Front ...
How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies Richard Hamblyn. 1 The Invention of Clouds Richard Hamblyn The Invention of Clouds.
... language of the skies / Richard Hamblyn . p . cm . Originally published : New York : Farrar , Straus and Giroux , 2001 . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-312-42001-3 1. Clouds . 2. Meteorology - England - History ...
How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies Richard Hamblyn. Contents List of Illustrations ix Prologue : The Useless Pursuit of Shadows 1 One : The Theatre of Science 4 Two : A Brief History of Clouds 15 Three : The ...
How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies Richard Hamblyn. List of Illustrations 1. Cirrus , in the engraved version of Luke Howard's original drawing . From Luke Howard , On the Modifications of Clouds , 1804. By per ...
Inhalt
The Theatre of Science | 4 |
A Brief History of Clouds | 15 |
The Cloud Messenger | 33 |
Scenes from Childhood | 40 |
The Askesian Society | 62 |
Other Classifications | 90 |
Publication | 112 |
Growing Influence | 141 |
The Beaufort Scale | 184 |
Goethe and Constable | 204 |
The International Year of Clouds | 231 |
Afterlife | 249 |
Cloud Species and Varieties | 255 |
Notes | 259 |
Acknowledgements | 283 |
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