Authors of the Storm

Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction

AvGary Alan Fine

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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In "Authors of the Storm", Gary Alan Fine offers an inside look at how meteorologists and forecasters predict the weather. Through field observation and interviews, Fine finds a supremely hard-working, insular clique of professionals who often refer to themselves as a 'band of brothers'. In Fine's skilled hands, we learn their lingo, how they 'read' weather conditions, how forecasts are written, and, of course, how those messages are conveyed to the public. Weather forecasts, he shows, are often shaped as much by social and cultural factors inside local offices as they are by approaching cumulus clouds.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-15
Mått:16 x 23 x 2 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226249537

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Meteorologi och klimatologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

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Gary Alan Fine is professor of sociology at Northwestern University and the author of numerous books, including Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity; With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture; and Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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"Fine engages his reader by skillfully describing the human side of weather forecasters who must contend with having to produce timely, accurate forecasts under the stress of meeting a complexity of organizational demands.... A highly recommended book for both scholars and everyone who has an interest in the weather." - "Choice"

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