Predicting the weather : Victorians and the science of meteorology / Katharine Anderson.
Predicting the weather : Victorians and the science of meteorology / Katharine Anderson.
Predicting the weather : Victorians and the science of meteorology / Katharine Anderson.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N551.50941/1
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p. cm.
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Introduction : a science of the weather -- Ch. 1. Prediction, prophecy, and scientific culture -- Ch. 2. Weather prophets and the Victorian almanac -- Ch. 3. Weather in a public office -- Ch. 4. Precision and a science of probabilities -- Ch. 5. Maps, instruments, and weather wisdom -- Ch. 6. Scienc...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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Illinois
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2005.
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"Studying meteorology as a means to examine the historical identity of prediction, Katharine Anderson offers here an account of forecasting that analyzes scientific practice and ideas about evidence, the organization of science in public life, and the articulation of scientific values in Victorian culture. In Predicting the Weather, Anderson grappl...
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Predicting the weather : Victorians and the science of meteorology / Katharine Anderson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N551.50941/1
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0226019683 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226019680 (cloth : alk. paper)
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551.50941
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