Weather Machine e-bog
90,41 DKK
(inkl. moms 113,01 DKK)
From the acclaimed author ofTubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. Its a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning.Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of t...
E-bog
90,41 DKK
Forlag
Ecco
Udgivet
25 juni 2019
Længde
224 sider
Genrer
Meteorology and climatology
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062368645
From the acclaimed author ofTubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. Its a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning.Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of the most expansive machines human beings have ever constructeda triumph of science, technology and global cooperation. But whatisthis weather machine and who created it?InThe Weather Machine, Andrew Blum takes readers on a fascinating journey through an everyday miracle. In a quest to understand how the forecast works, he visits old weather stations and watches new satellites blast off. He follows the dogged efforts of scientists to create a supercomputer model of the atmosphere and traces the surprising history of the algorithms that power their work. He discovers that we have quietly entered a golden age of meteorologyour tools allow us to predict weather more accurately than ever, and yet we havent learned to trust them, nor can we guarantee the fragile international alliances that allow our modern weather machine to exist.Written with the sharp wit and infectious curiosity Andrew Blum is known for,The Weather Machinepulls back the curtain on a universal part of our everyday lives, illuminating our relationships with technology, the planet, and the global community.