Appropriating the Weather : Vilhelm Bjerknes and the Construction of a Modern Meteorology /

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In this book, Robert Marc Friedman analyzes the revolution in the theory and practice of meteorology during the first quarter of the twentieth century, initiated by Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862-1951) and his collaborators. In contrast to the approach that had dominated meteorology since the late nineteent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Friedman, Robert Marc, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bjerknes, V. > (Vilhelm), > 1862-1951.
Bjerknes, Vilhelm Frieman Koren, > 1862-
Bjerknes, V. > (Vilhelm), > 1862-
Meteorologie.
Meteorology.
Meteorologists.
Atmospheric physics.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Meteorologistes > Norvege > Biographies.
Meteorologistes > Norvege > Bibliographie.
Physique de l'atmosphere > Histoire.
Meteorologie > Histoire.
Meteorologists > Norway > Bibliography.
Meteorologists > Norway > Biography.
Atmospheric physics > History.
Meteorology > History.
Norway.
History.
Biographies.
Bibliographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I. APPROPRIATING THE WEATHER FOR PHYSICS: A PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY (1892-1906)
  • PART II. TOWARD REALIZING AN ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS: THE QUEST FOR AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES (1906-1917)
  • PART III. WARTIME EXIGENCIES: PRACTICAL FORECASTING IN BERGEN AND THE ORIGINS OF A NEW CYCLONE MODEL (1917- 1918)
  • PART IV. APPROPRIATING THE WEATHER FOR COMMERCE: A METEOROLOGY FOR THE POSTWAR ERA (1919)
  • PART V. RATIONALIZING THE WEATHER (1920-1925)
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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