Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century Volume 60

by Frederik Nebeker

Book Overview

During the course of this century, meteorology has become unified, physics-based, and highly computational. Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century explains this transformation by examining thevarious roles of computation throughout the history of meteorology, giving most attention to the period from World War I to the 1960s. The electronic digital computer, a product of World War II, led to great advances in empirical, theoretical,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0125151756
• ISBN13: 9780125151757
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"