The Weather In The Imagination
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The Weather In The Imagination
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Author : Lucian Boia
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2005
The Weather In The Imagination written by Lucian Boia and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"The weather has always been a topic of conversation; it is probably the most common dialogue between human beings. We often fear the weather, yet out apparent dread of it is puzzling, since we generally adapt to it remarkably well. The Weather in the Imagination investigates the theories, scenarios and psychoses caused by climate. These fall into three main categories: anthropological and psychological; historical; and catastrophic. The weather has long served as a means of explaining human diversity: other people are different because they live under different skies. Climate has also been used to explain the dynamic of the historical process, the rise of certain civilizations and the stagnation and regression of others. Catastrophe is also invoked in theories of the weather: what could destroy a civilization - or arouse the fear of humanity's total extinction - more effectively than a climatic disaster? The prototype of this kind of upheaval is the pre-biblical Flood, one of the most gripping and influential myths the human imagination has ever produced. Lucian Boia does not take sides in the current debates about climate; he does not exaggerate or play down global warming and its consequences, or try to forecast the weather of the future. What he does tell is a story that runs parallel with the 'true' story of climate and its future: the story of a human imagination that has been stimulated, baffled, infuriated and, from time to time, terrified by the weather." -- Blackwells.
The Weather In The Imagination
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
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Why is the Weather Channel one of the top ranked cable networks? Why was The Day After Tomorrow a summer blockbuster? The Weather in the Imagination seeks to answer these and other questions about our fascination with the weather, as Lucian Boia offers an.
Weather Climate And The Geographical Imagination
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Author : Martin Mahony
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2020-03-24
Weather Climate And The Geographical Imagination written by Martin Mahony and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with Science categories.
As global temperatures rise under the forcing hand of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, new questions are being asked of how societies make sense of their weather, of the cultural values, which are afforded to climate, and of how environmental futures are imagined, feared, predicted, and remade. Weather, Climate, and Geographical Imagination contributes to this conversation by bringing together a range of voices from history of science, historical geography, and environmental history, each speaking to a set of questions about the role of space and place in the production, circulation, reception, and application of knowledges about weather and climate. The volume develops the concept of “geographical imagination” to address the intersecting forces of scientific knowledge, cultural politics, bodily experience, and spatial imaginaries, which shape the history of knowledges about climate.
A Change In The Weather
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Author : Geoffrey Jacques
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
A Change In The Weather written by Geoffrey Jacques and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Doing Something About The Weather
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Author : Victor Boesen
language : en
Publisher: Backinprint.com
Release Date : 2001-04-29
Doing Something About The Weather written by Victor Boesen and has been published by Backinprint.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-29 with Weather control categories.
Remember Mark Twain’s complaint that everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it? Now author Victor Boesen reveals in this fascinating book that something finally is being done. Through hard work and imagination scientists are trying to subdue such ruthless destroyers as drought, tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and fog. Boesen predicts that man will have gained major control over weather conditions that every year take thousands of lives and destroy food and property worth billions of dollars. Here is the absorbing story of experiments with such magic tools as silver iodide that eventually will lead to solving many of the greatest problems of our environment. A Junior Literary Guild Selection, Doing Something About the Weather was cited by the National Science Teachers Association and Children’s Book Council as an “Outstanding Science Book for Children.”
Weather
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Author : Lorrie Mack
language : en
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Release Date : 2006
Weather written by Lorrie Mack and has been published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Premier's Reading Challenge categories.
Terrifying tornados, huge hurricanes and scorching sunshine! Look to the skies and discover the amazing power and beauty of the weather and how it affects our lives. Packed with fantastic facts and dramatic photographs, Eyewitness Weather is the perfect way to inspire a love of learning and discovery. Supports National Science Curriculum at Key Stage 1 and 2 - guaranteed to stimulate interest and imagination. Delve in for projects or just for fun, rain or shine!
Everybody Talks About The Weather We Don T
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Author : Ulrike Meinhof
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2011-01-04
Everybody Talks About The Weather We Don T written by Ulrike Meinhof and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-04 with Political Science categories.
No other figure embodies revolutionary politics and radical chic quite like Ulrike Meinhof, who formed, with Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin, the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the Baader–Meinhof Gang, notorious for its bombings and kidnappings of the wealthy in the 1970s. But in the years leading up to her leap into the fray, Meinhof was known throughout Europe as a respected journalist, who informed and entertained her loyal readers with monthly magazine columns. What impels someone to abandon middle-class privilege for the sake of revolution? In the 1960s, Meinhof began to see the world in increasingly stark terms: the United States was emerging as an unstoppable superpower, massacring a tiny country overseas despite increasingly popular dissent at home; and Germany appeared to be run by former Nazis. Never before translated into English, Meinhof's writings show a woman increasingly engaged in the major political events and social currents of her time. In her introduction, Karin Bauer tells Meinhof's mesmerizing life story and her political coming-of-age; Nobel Prize–winning author Elfriede Jelinek provides a thoughtful reflection on Meinhof's tragic failure to be heard; and Meinhof ’s daughter—a relentless critic of her mother and of the Left—contributes an afterword that shows how Meinhof's ghost still haunts us today.
We Are The Weather
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Author : Jonathan Safran Foer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-09-17
We Are The Weather written by Jonathan Safran Foer and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Science categories.
'Read this book. Saving Planet Earth starts right here, right now' Stella McCartney From the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what we can do about it 'Climate change is the greatest crisis humankind has ever faced. It is that straightforward, that fraught. Where were you when you made your decision?' It is all too easy to feel paralysed and hopeless in the face of climate crisis, but the truth is that every one of us has the power to change history's course. We have done it before: making collective sacrifices to protect our freedoms, our families, our way of life. And we can do it again. In this extraordinarily powerful and deeply personal book, Jonathan Safran Foer lays bare the battle to save the planet. Calling each one of us to action, he answers the most urgent question of all: what will it take for things to change? It all starts with what we eat for breakfast. 'Eye-opening' New York Times Book Review 'Safran Foer's new approach gives me hope' Observer
Weather For Dummies
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Author : John D. Cox
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2021-07-28
Weather For Dummies written by John D. Cox and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-28 with Nature categories.
What in the world is going on up there? Look up! It’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a Polar mesospheric cloud! When you look to the sky, do you wonder why the Sun is so bright or why the clouds are white or why the sky is blue? Then, Weather For Dummies is your resource to fuel your curiosity about the weather. It takes you on an exciting journey through the Earth's atmosphere and the ways it behaves. You’ll get an overview of rain, Sun, clouds, storms and other phenomena. With helpful photographs and illustrations, you can easily visualize different weather types and relate them into the world around you. The scientific words and phrases are explained in detail (what is barometric pressure?), your curious questions are answered (why do we have seasons?), and the roots of weather myths, proverbs, and sayings are revealed (“early thunder, early spring”). Discover how weather forecasts are made, and what constitutes a weather emergency Find out what causes change in weather, such as how air pressure drives winds Learn how climate change is affecting today’s weather Discover how light plays tricks on our eyes to create effects like rainbows, sun dogs, and halos Have fun with at-home weather experiments, including setting up your own weather station Perfect for any weather amateur, you can have your head in the clouds while your feet are on the ground. Next time you’re outside, take Weather For Dummies along with you, look at the sky, and discover something new about the environment you live in.
Masters Of Uncertainty
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Author : Phaedra Daipha
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-11-17
Masters Of Uncertainty written by Phaedra Daipha and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-17 with Nature categories.
"In Masters of Uncertainty, Phaedra Daipha offers a new framework for understanding decision-making practice after spending years immersed in a northeastern office of the National Weather Service. Arguing that forecasters have made a virtue of the unpredictability of the weather, Daipha shows how they enlist an onmivorous appetite for information and improvisational collage techniques to create a locally meaningful forecast on their computer screens. This richly detailed and lucidly written book advances a theory of decision making that foregrounds the pragmatic and situated nature of expert cognition and casts new light on how we make decisions in the digital age"--Page {4] of cover.