Title: The invention of clouds : how an amateur meteorologist forged the language of the skies /
Authors: Hamblyn, Richard, 1965-
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Howard, Luke,; Clouds; Meteorology England History; Meteorologists England Biography.
Abstract: The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. THE INVENTION OF CLOUDS tells the extraordinary story of an amateur meteorologist, Luke Howard, and his groundbreaking work to define what had hitherto been random and unknowable structures--clouds.