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Medieval Meteorology

- Forecasting the Weather from Aristotle to the Almanac
Af: Anne Lawrence-Mathers Engelsk Hardback

Medieval Meteorology

- Forecasting the Weather from Aristotle to the Almanac
Af: Anne Lawrence-Mathers Engelsk Hardback
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The practice of weather forecasting underwent a crucial transformation in the Middle Ages. Exploring how scientifically-based meteorology spread and flourished from c.700–c.1600, this study reveals the dramatic changes in forecasting and how the new science of ''astro-meteorology'' developed. Both narrower and more practical in its approach than earlier forms of meteorology, this new science claimed to deliver weather forecasts for months and even years ahead, on the premise that weather is caused by the atmospheric effects of the planets and stars, and mediated by local and seasonal climatic conditions. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores how these forecasts were made and explains the growing practice of recording actual weather. These records were used to support forecasting practices, and their popularity grew from the fourteenth century onwards. Essential reading for anyone interested in medieval science, Medieval Meteorology demonstrates that the roots of scientific forecasting are much deeper than is usually recognized.
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The practice of weather forecasting underwent a crucial transformation in the Middle Ages. Exploring how scientifically-based meteorology spread and flourished from c.700–c.1600, this study reveals the dramatic changes in forecasting and how the new science of ''astro-meteorology'' developed. Both narrower and more practical in its approach than earlier forms of meteorology, this new science claimed to deliver weather forecasts for months and even years ahead, on the premise that weather is caused by the atmospheric effects of the planets and stars, and mediated by local and seasonal climatic conditions. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores how these forecasts were made and explains the growing practice of recording actual weather. These records were used to support forecasting practices, and their popularity grew from the fourteenth century onwards. Essential reading for anyone interested in medieval science, Medieval Meteorology demonstrates that the roots of scientific forecasting are much deeper than is usually recognized.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 296
ISBN-13: 9781108418393
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1108418392
Udg. Dato: 21 nov 2019
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 235mm
Højde: 157mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 21 nov 2019
Forfatter(e): Anne Lawrence-Mathers
Forfatter(e) Anne Lawrence-Mathers


Kategori Naturvidenskabens historie


ISBN-13 9781108418393


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 296


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 235mm


Højde 157mm


Udg. Dato 21 nov 2019


Oplagsdato 21 nov 2019


Forlag Cambridge University Press

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