British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment /

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Enlightenment inquiries into the weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment reveals how a new sense of the national climate emerged in the eighteenth century from the systematic recording of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Golinski, Jan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Climatology.
Meteorology > Great Britain > History.
Weather.
SCIENCE / General.
weather, climate, science, astronomy, atmosphere, enlightenment, innovation, order, nature, discovery, climatology, great britain, meteorology, medicine, civilization, colonialism, control, power, agriculture, sailing, barometer, scientific instruments, aerial sensitivity, recording, forecasting, calendar, seasons, nonfiction, storm, clouds, authority.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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