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Storm Watchers The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklin's Kite to El Niño

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Author: Cox, John D.
ISBN: 9780471381082

by Cox, John D.

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9780471381082
ISBN10:
047138108X
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2002-08-19
Publisher: Wiley
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Storm Watchers is a lively, narrative history from the birth of meteorology to current-day breakthroughs in weather prediction. Cox includes fascinating information on the conflicting forecasts that might have delayed D-Day; how early meteorology was considered one step removed from sorcery; and the ?discovery? of El Ni?o.

Author Biography

JOHN D. COX, a veteran science writer, is also the author of Weather for Dummies®, which the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society called "extraordinary." His journalism experience includes work at the Sacramento Bee, Reuter Ltd., and United Press International. In 1995, Cox was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied oceanography and atmospheric science.

Introduction.

PART I: A Newborn Babe.

1. Benjamin Franklin: Chasing the Wind.

2. Luke Howard: Naming the Clouds.

3. James Glaisher: Taking to the Air.

PART II: American Storms.

4. William C. Redfield: Walking the Path of Destruction.

5. James P. Es

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