The invention of clouds : how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies / Richard Hamblyn.

The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. THE INVENTION OF CLOUDS tells the extraordinary story of an amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, and his groundbreaking work to define what had hit...

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Main Author: Hamblyn, Richard, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Edition:First edition.
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Call Number: QC921 .H35 2001
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