Weather by the Numbers The Genesis of Modern Meteorology

Name: Weather by the Numbers The Genesis of Modern Meteorology
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ISBN: 9780262517355

ISBN-10: 0262517353

ISBN-13: 9780262517355

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kristine C. Harper, Jed Z. Buchwald

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For much of the first half of the twentieth century, meteorology was more art than science, dependent on an individual forecaster's lifetime of local experience. In Weather by the Numbers, Kristine Harper tells the story of the transformation of meteorology from a "guessing science" into a sophisticated scientific discipline based on physics and mathematics. What made this possible was the development of the electronic digital computer; earlier attempts at numerical weather prediction had foundered on the human inability to solve nonlinear equations quickly enough for timely forecasting. After World War II, the combination of an expanded observation network developed for military purposes,…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 1/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Kristine C. Harper is Kristine C. Harper is Associate Professor of History at The Florida State University in Tallahassee. In 2007-2008, she was a Fellow at the Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow.