The Weather Experiment: the Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
by Moore, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine jacket; small remainder mark to top edge.
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. First Edition, First Printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket; small remainder mark to top edge.. xvi, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color), color maps; 24 cm. "A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible." // Contents: The weather experiment. Dawn. Seeing. Writing in the air; Nature caught in the very act; Rain, wind, and the wondrous cold. Morning. Contesting. Detectives; Trembling air, whirling winds; Liquid lightning. Midday. Experimenting. Steady eyes, delicate skies; Beginnings; Dangerous paths. Afternoon. Believing. Dazzling bright; Endings; Truth telling. Dusk. West winds. Stars in FitzRoy's meteorological galaxy.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102129
- Title
- The Weather Experiment: the Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
- Author
- Moore, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket; small remainder mark to top edge.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing (full number line)
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 1800 - 1899, Biographies, Biography, Climatologists, Climatologists Biography, Climatologues Biographies, History, Meteorologe, Meteorologie, Meteorologists, Meteorologists Biography, Meteorology, Meteorology History 19th century, Météo
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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