Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies
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Author(s)Richard Hamblyn
PublisherPicador
ISBN / ASIN0312420013
ISBN-139780312420017
AvailabilityHabituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank2,162,803
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
The Invention of Clouds The true story of Luke Howard, the amateur English meteorologist who in 1802 gave the clouds their names--cumulus, cirrus, stratus--is part history of science, part cultural excavation. Full description
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