Medieval Meteorology

Medieval Meteorology

Forecasting the Weather from Aristotle to the Almanac

Lawrence-Mathers, Anne

Cambridge University Press

11/2019

224

Mole

Inglês

9781108406000

15 a 20 dias

350

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Preface; Introduction; 1. Re-creating meteorology in the early Middle Ages: Isidore and Bede; 2. Meteorology, weather forecasting and the early-medieval Renaissance of astronomy; 3. Exploratory encounters with the work of Arab astronomers and meteorologists; 4. Meteorology, the new science of the stars, and the rise of weather forecasting; 5. The contested rise of astro-meteorology; 6. Applying the science of astro-meteorology; 7. Astro-meteorology and mechanisation; 8. Weather forecasting and the impact of print; Conclusion.
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