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The Weather Experiment

The Weather Experiment

The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

by Peter Moore
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/05/2016
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The Sunday Times bestseller. An astonishing account of the sailors, scientists and inventors who sought to understand the weather.

**Book of the Week on Radio 4**

'Gripping' The Times

'Exhilarating' Sunday Times

In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere.

Meet Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon, Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, and at the centre of it all Admiral Robert FitzRoy: master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office.

Peter Moore's exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas, rough winds and uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention and greater understanding.

ISBN:
9780099581673
9780099581673
Category:
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-05-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
197x130x26mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Peter Moore

Peter Moore is a medical journalist and honorary fellow of Trinity College, Bristol. He is Chairman of the Medical Journalists' Association and winner of numerous awards for his journalism, inclding the MJA Tony Thistlewaite Award for his most recent book, Blood and Justice. He lectures in ethics, and has held a range of post-doctoral research fellowships with The Wellcome Trust and British Heart Foundation.

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True stories: discovery / historical / scientific Weather Physics Natural history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Meteorology & climatology Geographical discovery & exploration
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