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Invisible in the Storm The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather

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Auteur:	Roulstone, Ian; Norbury, John
Titel:	Invisible in the Storm The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather
Uitgever:	Princeton University Press
ISBN:	9780691152721
ISBN boekversie:	9781400846221
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 62,58
Verschijningsdatum:	24-02-2013
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Meteorology & climatology
Geillustreerd:	15 color illus. 76 halftones. 77 line illus.
Dewey code:	551.6015

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	376
Hoogte mm.:	241
Breedte mm.:	164
Dikte mm.:	28
Gewicht gr.:	724

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Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in meteorology only after the turn of the twentieth c