Medieval Meteorology: Forecasting the Weather from Aristotle to the Almanac

ISBN-13: 9781108418393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 296 str.

Anne Lawrence-Mathers

Opis

Explores how scientifically-based weather forecasting spread and flourished in medieval Europe, from c.700–c.1600.

Recenzje

'As a methodical intellectual history, the monograph is impressive and timely.' Sarah Carson, Isis

Spis treści

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.