ISBN |
9781782407546 (paperback) |
Title |
30-second weather : the 50 most significant events and phenomena, each explained in half a minute / editor, Adam A. Scaife ; foreword Julia Slingo DBE FRS ; contributors, Gilbert Brunet [and eight others] ; illustrations, Nicky Ackland-Snow. |
Published |
London, United Kingdom : Ivy Press, 2019. |
©2017 |
Description |
160 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
First published in hardback in 2016 as 30-second meteorology. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"If you only have 30 seconds, there is time -- using this book -- to make sense of the science behind the seeming vagaries of the weather, the controversies, predictions and forecasts for climate change that shape our day-to-day experiences of the great outdoors. Ever since Aristotle first tried to explain the forces that seem to fall from the heavens, meteorology has opened up the study of weather, and caused disputes over the reasons why seasons change, where precipitation falls, why winds blow and when the sun shines. From halcyon days to hurricanes, supercells to silver linings, global warming to giant hailstones, here is the ultimate guide to a near-universal preoccupation: what's the weather like?"-- Publisher's description. |
Subjects |
Weather |
Meteorology |
Meteorology -- History |
Seasons |
Climatology |
Climatic changes |
Weather forecasting |
Other Names |
Woolley, Tom, 1981- illustrator. |
Scaife, Adam A. editor. |
Slingo, Julia, 1950- writer of foreword. |
Brunet, Gilbert contributor. |
Ackland-Snow, Nicola illustrator. |
Added titles |
30-second meteorology. |
Series |
30-second |
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