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Fixing the sky : the checkered history of weather and climate control / James Rodger Fleming.

Van Pelt Library QC928 .F54 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fleming, James Rodger.
Contributor:
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Series:
Columbia studies in international and global history
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Weather control--History.
Weather control.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Nature.
History.
Physical Description:
xiv, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
Contents:
Stories of control
Rain makers
Rain fakers
Foggy thinking
Pathological science
Weather warriors
Fears, fantasies, and possibilities of control
The climate engineers.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-309) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780231144124
0231144121
OCLC:
500818260
Publisher Number:
99939891496

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