Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910 : taming the weather / Aitor Anduaga

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Anduaga Egaña, Aitor [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020Description: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)ISBN:

0429282559
9780429282553

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Additional physical formats: 9781000134780. | 1000134784 | 9781000139921. | 1000139921 | 9781000145069. | 1000145069 | 9780367244590. | 9780367244590 | Erscheint auch als: Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910. Druck-Ausgabe Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020DDC classification:

551.6309/034

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QC995

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Summary: "Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book is the history of how weather forecasting was moulded and modelled by the processes of nation-state building and statistics in the western world"--Summary: Pre-1850 conceptualizations of storms -- Statistics and meteorology before 1854 -- The adoption of an Eulerian approach by state interests -- The Lagrangian approach as a counterweight -- The convergence between statistics and synoptic method -- The hegemony of the Eulerian approach and the beginning of its end -- Behind weather forecasting: national interests and the primacy of public service over research -- Meteorological cartography.PPN: PPN: 168563771XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB | ZDB-4-NLEBK

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