Appropriating the Weather : : Vilhelm Bjerknes and the Construction of a Modern Meteorology / / Robert Marc Friedman.
In this book, Robert Marc Friedman analyzes the revolution in the theory and practice of meteorology during the first quarter of the twentieth century, initiated by Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951) and his collaborators. In contrast to the approach that had dominated meteorology since the late nineteent...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 2 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART I. APPROPRIATING THE WEATHER FOR PHYSICS: A PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY (1892-1906)
- PART II. TOWARD REALIZING AN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS: THE QUEST FOR AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES (1906-1917)
- PART III. WARTIME EXIGENCIES: PRACTICAL FORECASTING IN BERGEN AND THE ORIGINS OF A NEW CYCLONE MODEL (1917- 1918)
- PART IV. APPROPRIATING THE WEATHER FOR COMMERCE: A METEOROLOGY FOR THE POSTWAR ERA (1919)
- PART V. RATIONALIZING THE WEATHER (1920-1925)
- Conclusion
- Index