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The Weather Experiment

- The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future
Af: Peter Moore Engelsk Paperback

The Weather Experiment

- The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future
Af: Peter Moore Engelsk Paperback
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The Sunday Times bestseller. An astonishing account of the sailors, scientists and inventors who sought to understand the weather.

**Book of the Week on Radio 4**


''Gripping'' The Times


''Exhilarating'' Sunday Times

In an age when a storm was evidence of God’s wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere.

Meet Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon, Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, and at the centre of it all Admiral Robert FitzRoy: master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office.

Peter Moore’s exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas, rough winds and uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention and greater understanding.

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The Sunday Times bestseller. An astonishing account of the sailors, scientists and inventors who sought to understand the weather.

**Book of the Week on Radio 4**


''Gripping'' The Times


''Exhilarating'' Sunday Times

In an age when a storm was evidence of God’s wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere.

Meet Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon, Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, and at the centre of it all Admiral Robert FitzRoy: master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office.

Peter Moore’s exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas, rough winds and uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention and greater understanding.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9780099581673
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0099581671
Udg. Dato: 7 apr 2016
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 7 apr 2016
Forfatter(e): Peter Moore
Forfatter(e) Peter Moore


Kategori Sande fortællinger: opdagelser / historie / videnskab


ISBN-13 9780099581673


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 432


Udgave


Længde 27mm


Bredde 196mm


Højde 131mm


Udg. Dato 7 apr 2016


Oplagsdato 7 apr 2016


Forlag Vintage Publishing

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