The Weather Experiment - The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future

**Book of the Week on Radio 4**'Gripping' The Times'Exhilarating' Sunday TimesIn an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma to realise their ambitions. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment, a generation of mavericks set out to unlock the secrets of the atmosphere. Meet Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort, quantifier of the winds, James Glaisher, explorer of the upper atmosphere by way of a hot air balloon, Samuel Morse, whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, and at the centre of it all Admiral Robert FitzRoy: master sailor, scientific pioneer and founder of the Met Office. Peter Moore's exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas, rough winds and uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention and greater understanding.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Moore
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780099581673
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958167-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SCIENCE / Natural History, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, c 1500 onwards to present day, Weather, Weather and climate: general interest, History and Archaeology, True stories of discovery