Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910 taming the weather / Aitor Anduaga.

Author/creator Anduaga Ega©ła, Aitor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; 40
Contents Pre-1850 conceptualizations of storms -- Statistics and meteorology before 1854 -- The adoption of an Eulerian approach by state interests -- The Lagrangian approach as a counterweight -- The convergence between statistics and synoptic method -- The hegemony of the Eulerian approach and the beginning of its end -- Behind weather forecasting: national interests and the primacy of public service over research -- Meteorological cartography.
Abstract "Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book is the history of how weather forecasting was moulded and modelled by the processes of nation-state building and statistics in the western world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Anduaga Ega©ła, Aitor. Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910 London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 9780367244590
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LCCN 2019018332
ISBN9781000134780 (adobe)
ISBN9781000139921 (mobi)
ISBN9781000145069 ( epub)

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