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Détails
| Genre/forme : | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Format – détails additionnels : | Print version: Harper, Kristine. Weather by the numbers. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008 (DLC) 2007039860 |
| Type d’ouvrage : | Ressource Internet |
| Format : | Ressource Internet, Fichier informatique |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Kristine Harper |
| Numéro OCLC : | 646755967 |
| Récompenses : | Winner of ASLI Choice Book Awards: History Category 2008. |
| Description : | 1 online resource (ix, 308 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Titre de collection : | Transformations (M.I.T. Press) |
| Responsabilité : | Kristine C. Harper. |
Critiques
Synopsis de l’éditeur
"Between 1945 and 1965, digital computers revolutionized weather forecasting, transforming an intuitive art into the first computational science. Deeply researched and beautifully written, Weather by the Numbers delivers the definitive account of this exceedingly important story, filled with complex, well-drawn characters, political maneuver, risky physics, and creaky new technology."--Paul N. Edwards, School of Information, University of Michigan "Kristine C. Harper illuminates the 'genesis' of numerical weather prediction,its 'exodus' from weather bureau captivity, and its arrival at the edge of adigital 'promised land.' Her ordering and 'numbering' of the meteorologicaltribes is anchored in archival sources and enlivened by her sense of a goodstory."--James R. Fleming, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Colby College -- James Fleming "Harper's exhaustive archival research and entertaining narrative enliven the history of numerical weather prediction as an important development of meteorological science that continues to shape the way scientists understand the weather and climate, both in the present and in the future." Ruth Morgan Metascience "Kristine C. Harper illuminates the 'genesis' of numerical weather prediction, its 'exodus' from Weather Bureau captivity, and its arrival at the edge of a digital 'promised land.' Her ordering and 'numbering' of the meteorological tribes is anchored in archival sources and enlivened by her sense of a good story." James R. Fleming , Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Colby College Lire la suite...
