The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
Presents the story of Luke Howard, an ameteur meterologist, and his groundbreaking work that began with naming and classifying clouds.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN-13
- 9780312420017
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- MeteorologyHistory of scienceCloud classification
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyWon(2001)
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2002)
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