LEADER 03086pam a2200529 i 4500001 99115371763506421 005 20240718135049.0 008 190411t20202020enkab b 001 0 eng c 010 2019016481 019 1090830952 020 9780367244590 |q(hardback) 020 0367244594 |q(hardback) 020 |z9780429282553 |q(ebk.) 035 (NjP)11537176-princetondb 035 |z(OCoLC)1090830952 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11537176 035 (OCoLC)on1097366060 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dCDX 042 pcc 050 00 QC995 |b.A52 2020 082 00 551.6309/034 |223 100 1 Anduaga Egaña, Aitor, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010047622 245 10 Politics, statistics and weather forecasting, 1840-1910 : |btaming the weather / |cAitor Anduaga. 264 1 London ;New York : |bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 xvi, 412 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm. 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 490 1 Routledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine ; |v40 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Pre-1850 conceptualizations of storms -- Statistics and meteorology before 1854 -- The adoption of an Eulerian approach by state interests -- The Lagrangian approach as a counterweight -- The convergence between statistics and synoptic method -- The hegemony of the Eulerian approach and the beginning of its end -- Behind weather forecasting: national interests and the primacy of public service over research -- Meteorological cartography. 520 "Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book is the history of how weather forecasting was moulded and modelled by the processes of nation-state building and statistics in the western world"-- |cProvided by publisher. 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 650 0 Weather forecasting |xMethodology |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Weather forecasting |xMathematical models |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Weather forecasting |xPolitical aspects |xHistory |y19th century. 650 0 Science and state |xHistory |y19th century. 650 7 Science and state. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01108536 650 7 Weather forecasting |xMathematical models. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01173157 650 7 Weather forecasting |xMethodology. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01173158 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 Routledge studies in the history of science, technology, and medicine ; |v40. 852 0 |bf |hQC995 |i.A52 2020 902 kl |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20190909 904 kl |ba |hm |cb |e20190909 914 (OCoLC)on1097366060 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240710 |eprocessed |f1097366060