Storm Watchers - 9780471381082

Storm Watchers The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklins Kite to El Nino\nby John D. Cox\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: John D. Cox\nTitle: Storm Watchers The Turbulent History of Weather Prediction from Franklins Kite to El Nino\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Meteorology and climatology\nPublisher: Wiley\nISBN-13: 9780471381082\nISBN-10: 047138108X\nRRP: \u00A328.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis is a lively, narrative history of the world's great weather tragedies - the greatest storms in history - and the epic quest by pioneering scientists to figure out how to accurately predict the weather. It tells the story of the development of meterology from the time of Aristotle up to current-day breakthroughs in weather prediction.\n\nThis is a lively, n.