Medieval meteorology : forecasting the weather from Aristotle to the almanac /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawrence-Mathers, Anne, 1953- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Meteorology > History > To 1500. Meteorology > History > 16th century. Weather forecasting > History > To 1500. Weather forecasting > History > 16th century. To 1599 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.