Scientific Weather Forecasting in the Middle Ages (English, Gerrit Bos | Charles Burnett)

About the Book

First Published in 1999. Man has always tried to find effective ways to predict the weather. Simple predictions from meteorological phenomena or from the constellations rising in the sky can be found attributed to Aristotle, and in Varro, Pliny, Ptolemy, and the parap�gmata of Classical times. However, the particular cultural situation of Baghdad in the mid-ninth century encouraged the production of what can be regarded as the first scientific tr…

ISBN: 9780710305763