Exo-Weather Report

David Stevenson was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1968, and studied molecular biology at Glasgow University and a PhD in genetics from the University of Cambridge. After a stint in academia, he became a teacher, but continued to write science articles for various magazines such as Sky & Telescope. His publications with Springer include "The Complex Lives of Star Clusters" (2015), Extreme Explosions (2014) and "Under a Crimson Sun" (2014). Despite a background in Biology, David’s father inspired his interest in astronomy from an early age. Exploring the cross-roads of different scientific disciplines is a key interest and motivation in both teaching and writing. David lives in Nottingham, UK, with his wife and family.

“The Exo-Weather Report expands the study of meteorology beyond the Earth to the most distant planets of the galaxy—interpreting and utilizing ‘weather’ language to deal with stars and even galaxies. … Summing Up: Recommended. … Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.” (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017)

• Part I Learning by Observing our World.- Introducing Earthly Meteorology.- Tales of Mass Destruction.- Part II – Other Worlds in the Solar System.- Venus.- The Wispy Weather of Mars.- The King of Planets.- The Ring World.- Uranus.- Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.- Part III – Beyond our Solar Realms.- Tales of Other Worlds.- Stellar Weather.- Storm Fronts in Galaxy Clusters.- Glossary.- Bibliography.