The Daily Telegraph Book of the Weather (New Century) - Hardcover

Eden, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826461972 ISBN 13: 9780826461971

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2003

Synopsis

The three interwoven strands which mark the progress of the weather/climate story throughout the past, during the present, and into the future are: its effect on everyday life; our desire and ability to predict its fluctuations; and our inability to control it at the same time as inadvertently changing it. Eden traces these strands through history, and offers some ideas where they may go in the next 100 years. He looks at the world's weather since the end of the last glaciation eleven thousand years ago and mankind's ever increasing competence in predicting it. He describes and analyses the science of meteorology, from its origins in folk wisdom and proverbs right up to the latest supercomputers and satellites, showing how technological breakthroughs let us see the increasing instability of our climate.This point is forcefully made by a series of mock forecasts for the period 2000-2100. These at once credible yet horrific scenarios show Britain in the grip of Arctic weather in 2008, record temperatures of 120¦F in Sacremento in 2034, and balmy winters in Moscow in 2050.The last chapter deals with the kind of changing climate in 2100 and beyond.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Eden is the weather correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph and appears regularly on radio and television. He is also Vice President of the Royal Meteorological Society and Director of the Chilterns Observatory Trust.

Review:

"This wonderful book has the true historic sense, at least as far as the last 10,000 years are concerned. I will not hesitate to name it as my book of the year. What a huge difference it exhibits between meteorology proper and the politicised mumbo jumbo that too often passes as modern science."—John Vincent, Professor of History at Bristol

"This is a refreshingly different book by a popular weatherman....A huge amount of information and opinion is provided. Not to be missed."
—Journal of Meteorology

'makes a valuable contribution.'~ Jim A Johnston, Northern Times

'This is an excellent book, well written, easy to read, with sound science and provocative thoughts leavened with common sense...This is different from most 'weather' books...I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in meteorology and its place in human affairs.'~ Maurice Crewe (Maurice Crewe)

'This is an excellent book, well written, easy to read, with sound science and provocative thoughts leavened with common sense...This is different from most 'weather' books...I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in meteorology and its place in human affairs.'~ Maurice Crewe (Sanford Lakoff)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0826461972
• ISBN 13: 9780826461971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 213