Kniha Reading the Skies Vladimir Jankovic

Reading the Skies

A Cultural History of the English Weather, 1650-1820

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele
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From the time of Aristotle until the late 18th century, meteorology meant the study of "meteors" - s...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2001
Stránek
288
EAN
9780226392165
ISBN
0226392163
Enbook ID
04546128
Hmotnost
660
Rozměry
154 x 278 x 16

Kompletní popis

From the time of Aristotle until the late 18th century, meteorology meant the study of "meteors" - spectacular objects in the skies beneath the moon, which included everything from shooting stars to hailstorms. In "Reading the Skies", Vladimir Jankovic traces the history of this meteorological tradition in Enlightenment Britain, examining its scientific and cultural significance. He interweaves classical traditions, folk/popular beliefs and practices, and the increasingly quantitative approaches of urban university men to understanding the wonders of the skies. He places special emphasis on the role that detailed meteorological observations played in natural history and chorography, or local geography; in religious and political debates; and in agriculture. Drawing on a number of archival sources, including correspondence and weather diaries, as well as contemporary pamphlets, tracts, and other printed sources reporting prodigious phenomena in the skies, this book should interest historians of science, Britain, and the environment.

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