Some Data Concerning the Climate of Australia and New Zealand
Author: William Stanley Jevons
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 116
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sam White
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-08-10
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 1137430206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This handbook offers the first comprehensive, state-of-the-field guide to past weather and climate and their role in human societies. Bringing together dozens of international specialists from the sciences and humanities, this volume describes the methods, sources, and major findings of historical climate reconstruction and impact research. Its chapters take the reader through each key source of past climate and weather information and each technique of analysis; through each historical period and region of the world; through the major topics of climate and history and core case studies; and finally through the history of climate ideas and science. Using clear, non-technical language, The Palgrave Handbook of Climate History serves as a textbook for students, a reference guide for specialists and an introduction to climate history for scholars and interested readers.
Author: Emily O'Gorman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-09-17
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1137333936
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offering new historical understandings of human responses to climate and climate change, this cutting-edge volume explores the dynamic relationship between settlement, climate, and colonization, covering everything from the physical impact of climate on agriculture and land development to the development of "folk" and government meteorologies.
Author: Carl C. Gaither
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-01-08
Total Pages: 1895
ISBN-13: 0387495770
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Scientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief period of time for which it was intended. This book serves as a collection of these statements from great philosophers and thought–influencers of science, past and present. It allows the reader quickly to find relevant quotations or citations. Organized thematically and indexed alphabetically by author, this work makes readily available an unprecedented collection of approximately 18,000 quotations related to a broad range of scientific topics.
Author: William Stanley Jevons
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-08
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 134903097X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: EB Joyce
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2011-11-02
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0643103341
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book challenges the common assumption that little or nothing of scientific value was achieved during the Burke and Wills expedition. The Royal Society of Victoria initiated the Victorian Exploring Expedition as a serious scientific exploration of hitherto unexplored regions of inland and northern Australia. Members of the expedition were issued with detailed instructions on scientific measurements and observations to be carried out, covering about a dozen areas of science. The tragic ending of the expedition meant that most of the results of the scientific investigations were not reported or published. Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition rectifies this historic omission. It includes the original instructions as well as numerous paintings and drawings, documents the actual science undertaken as recorded in notebooks and diaries, and analyses the outcomes. It reveals for the first time the true extent and limits of the scientific achievements of both the Burke and Wills expedition and the various relief expeditions which followed. Importantly, this new book has led to a re-appraisal of the shortcomings and the successes of the journey. It will be a compelling read for all those interested in the history of exploration, science and natural history, as well as Australian history and heritage.
Author: Georgina H. Endfield
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-28
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1315461439
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any research that seeks to understand the nature of events that might take place in the future. Yet all such events need to be situated for their implications to be understood. This book is the first to explore the cultural contingency of extreme and unusual weather events and the ways in which they are recalled, recorded or forgotten. It illustrates how geographical context, particular physical conditions, an area’s social and economic activities and embedded cultural knowledges and infrastructures all affect community experiences of and responses to unusual weather. Contributions refer to varied methods of remembering and recording weather and how these act to curate, recycle and transmit extreme events across generations and into the future. With international case studies, from both land and sea, the book explores how and why particular weather events become inscribed into the fabric of communities and contribute to community change in different historical and cultural contexts. This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in historical and cultural geography, environmental anthropology and environmental studies.
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 3385338921
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sandra Peart
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780415143363
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