Beschreibung:
Despite being perhaps the foremost British meteorologist of the twentieth century, Reginald Sutcliffe has been understudied and underappreciated. His impact continues to this day every time you check the weather forecast. Reginald Sutcliffe and the Invention of Modern Weather Systems Science not only details Sutcliffe's life and ideas, but it also illuminates the impact of social movements and the larger forces that propelled him on his consequential trajectory.
PREFACEINTRODUCTION: The Waiting
CHAPTER 1. Background
CHAPTER 2. The Education of Reginald Sutcliffe
CHAPTER 3. An Unexpected Career: The Meteorological Office
CHAPTER 4. Forging a Reputation: Meteorology for Aviators and a Theory on Development
CHAPTER 5. The War Years: Crucible of Advance
CHAPTER 6. Homecoming and the Development Theorem
CHAPTER 7. Director of Research and the Development of Numerical Weather Prediction
CHAPTER 8. The Emergence of an International Figure
CHAPTER 9. Professor Sutcliffe: The Reading Years
CHAPTER 10. An Active Retirement
CHAPTER 11. Reflection and Twilight
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX