The Invention Of Clouds: How An Amateur Meteorologist Forged Language Skies Richard Hamblyn Picador Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Natural History

An Extraordinary Yet Little-Known Scientific Advance Occurred In The Opening Years Of Nineteenth Century When A Young Amateur Meteorologist Luke Howard Gave Clouds Names By Which They Are Known To This Day Creating Language Define Structures That Had Up Then Been Considered Random And Unknowable Revolutionized Science Meteorology Earned Admiration His Leading Contemporaries Art Literature Richard Hamblyn Charts Howard’s Life From Obscurity International Fame Back Once More He Recreates Period’s Intoxicating Atmosphere Discovery Shows How Provided Inspiration For Figures Such As Goethe Shelley Constable Offering Rich Insights Into Nature Celebrity Close Relationship Between Sciences Arts Excitement Generated New Ideas Invention Is Enthralling Work Social History Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm