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Weather by the numbers : the genesis of modern meteorology

Author: Kristine Harper
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The history of the growth and professionalization of American meteorology and its transformation into a physics- and mathematics-based scientific discipline.
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Genre/Form: Livres électroniques
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Harper, Kristine.
Weather by the numbers.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008
(DLC) 2007039860
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Kristine Harper
ISBN: 0262083787 9780262083782
OCLC Number: 748879792
Notes: Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 8 août 2011).
TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.
Awards: Winner of ASLI Choice Book Awards: History Category 2008
Description: 1 online resource.
Series Title: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Responsibility: Kristine C. Harper.

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