Climate in motion science, empire, and the problem of scale

Climate in motion science, empire, and the problem of scale

Today, predicting the impact of human activities on the earth?s climate hinges on tracking interactions among phenomena of radically different dimensions, from the molecular to the planetary. Climate in Motion shows that this multiscalar, multicausal framework emerged well before computers and satel...

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Main Author: Coen, Deborah R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Austria > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Austria.
Climatology > Research > Austria.
Climatology > History > 19th century.
Science > Austria > History > 19th century.
Science > Political aspects > Austria.
Climatology.
Climatology > Research.
Intellectual life.
Science.
Science > Political aspects.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology
EBSCO eBooks
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Climate and empire
  • Part I: Unity in diversity. The Habsburgs and the collection of nature
  • The Austrian idea
  • The imperial-royal scientist
  • The dual task
  • The scales of empire. The face of the empire
  • The invention of climatography
  • The power of local differences
  • Planetary disturbances
  • The work of scaling. The forest-climate question
  • The floral archive
  • Landscapes of desire
  • Conclusion: After empire.

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