The invention of clouds
how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
100,750 words, Guess
Page Count
403 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100374177155
- ISBN-139780374177157
- Goodreads1148768
- Library of Congress Control Number00068189
- OCLC Control Number45532501
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780374177157
- Open LibraryOL6796523M
Classifications
- DDC551.57/6
- LCCQC921 .H35 2001
- LCCQC921.H35 2001
Description
"The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. The Invention of Clouds tells the story of an amateur meteorologist Luke Howard and his work to define what had hitherto been random and unknowable structures - clouds."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
IT MIGHT SEEM DIFFICULT to imagine now, in this era of cool detachment, but in the opening years of the nineteenth century people cheered loudly at lectures.
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