Reviews
“…a new synthesis in this field is inevitably still some way off, and in the meantime this collection indicates the kinds of inquiry that the history of meteorology might profitably pursue.”—Isis, 98: 4 (2007)
“ …Erudite and well researched, a valuable addition to the growing canon of historical and philosophical studies of science, technology, and society. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels. “— CHOICE, July 2007
“ The essays in this book, from eight of the leading historians of weather and climate, illuminate the hopes and struggles of researchers and practitioners from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries, across a diverse set of issues…”—Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, January 2007
“…traces the history of meteorology and how its strategies, methodology and findings have mirrored and influenced human attempts to understand and control phenomenon on a world-wide basis. College-level students receive essays from eight leading historians of weather and climate, making for a top pick for college holdings strong in science in general and climate history in particular.” California Bookwatch
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments, Preface, Introduction
Intimate Climates, from Skins to Streets, Soirées to Societies
VLADIMIR JANKOVIC
A Shift of View: Meteorology in John Herschel’s Terrestrial Physics
GREGORY A. GOOD
Mapping Meteorology
KATHARINE ANDERSON
Fog, Dust and Rising Air: Understanding Cloud Formation, Cloud Chambers, and the Role of Meteorology in Cambridge Physics in the Late 19th Century
RICHARD STALEY
Scaling Down: The “Austrian” Climate between Empire and Republic
DEBORAH R. COEN
Teaching the Weather Cadet Generation: Aviation, Pedagogy and Aspirations to a Universal Meteorology in America, 1920–1950
ROGER TURNER
The Struggle over Airways in the Americas, 1919–1945: Atmospheric Science, Aviation Technology, and Neocolonialism
GREGORY T . CUSHMAN
Global Climate Change and Human Agency: Inadvertent Influence and “Archimedean” Interventions
JAMES RODGER FLEMING
Notes on Contributors, Index of Names
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