Invisible in the Storm : The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather /

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Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Roulstone, Ian (Autor), Norbury, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
Climatology > Data processing.
Climatology > Mathematical models.
Meteorology > Data processing.
Meteorology > Mathematical models.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prelude: New Beginnings
  • One. The Fabric of a Vision
  • Two. From Lore to Laws
  • Three. advances and adversity
  • Four. When the Wind Blows the Wind
  • Five. Constraining the Possibilities
  • Six. The Metamorphosis of Meteorology
  • Seven. Math Gets the Picture
  • Eight. Predicting in the Presence of Chaos
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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