Author : James Rodger Fleming
Publisher : Watson Publishing International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Intimate Universality by : James Rodger Fleming
Download or read book Intimate Universality written by James Rodger Fleming and published by Watson Publishing International. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight essays from a summer 2004 meeting of the International Commission on History of Meteorology, held in Kloster Polling, Upper Bavaria, launch a new series on the history of the science of atmospheres. The topics include meteorology in John Herschel's (1792-1871) terrestrial physics; understanding cloud formation, cloud chambers, and the role of meteorology in Cambridge physics in the late 19th century; and atmospheric science, aviation technology, and neocolonialism in the Americas 1919-45. All but one of the contributing historians of science are from the US. Science History Publications USA is a division of Watson Publishing International.