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30 Second Meteorology /anglais

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If you only have 30 seconds, there is time - using this book - to make sense of the science behind the seeming vagaries of the weather, the controversies, predictions and forecasts for climate change that shape our day-to-day experiences of the great outdoors. Ever since Aristotle first tried to explain the forces that seem to fall from the heavens, meteorology has opened up the study of weather, and caused disputes over the reasons why seasons change, where precipitation falls, why winds blow and when the sun shines. From halcyon days to hurricanes, super cells to silver linings, global warming to giant hailstones, here is the ultimate guide to a near universal preoccupation: what's the weather like?

160 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2016

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7,036 reviews83 followers
May 18, 2017
Un des moins bon livres de cette collection. On après assez peu, certaines capsules sont simplement trop de base. Habituellement j'adore cette collection, mais ce livre ne lui rend pas honneur. Je ne vois pas à qui pourrait convenir ce livre. Le tout demeure bien vulgarisé et c'est pourquoi je lui donne tout de même trois étoiles, mais au niveau du contenu, on s'adresse vraiment à un publique qui ne connaît rien, mais absoluement rien, et dans un ton qui n'arrive pas vraiment à nous captiver. Peut-êtr eai-je trop peu d'intérêt pour la météorologie, mais pourtant...
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77 reviews48 followers
August 24, 2021
Weather is slowly turning into a special interest of mine (or is it already?)

but this one wasn't really it. I always started reading the new page with my full-attention and eyes wide in excitement, but somehow it died down by the time I reached halfway done.

Maybe this format just isn't the one for me.

Also, the paper felt awful. Maybe I would have been more patient with it if I didn't dread constantly turning the pages.

The illustrations were superior, though!
Profile Image for Harrison Large ラージ • ハリソン.
235 reviews8 followers
March 28, 2024
Borrowed from the library. Yeah, it was alright. Been looking to get to understand the weather a bit more as I exercise regularly in the cold and it always seems to rain in the UK.

Book introduces concepts but doesn't seem to have enough time to really cook with what it has to make sure you understand it. Imagine trying to explain serious weather phenomena in as many words as this review - yeah, it can't be done well.

Luckily I have a second book about weather I can check out, which looks to be more what I'm after.
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78 reviews3 followers
November 19, 2016
Es un libro con unas características estéticas excepcionales, de gran calidad en la edición, las gráficas y en los materiales utilizados. Aunque parece ser un libro para niños, por la cantidad de gráficas que presenta, es en realidad un libro para todos los amantes de la meteorología o los que están ansiosos por saber más del tema. Es definitivamente un libro para todos los gustos y edades. Claramente no es un libro que discute temas a mucha profundidad, en su lugar se dedica a dar breves explicaciones, muy claras y en un lenguaje divulgativo pero científicamente riguroso, sobre distintos tópicos meteorológicos, desde las capas de la atmósfera hasta temas como el fenómeno de El Niño.
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118 reviews
August 31, 2018
Libro compuesto por 50 artículos de una página de extensión cada uno, sobre distintos fenómenos meteorológicos (la atmósfera, el Sol, predicciones, ciclos del tiempo, fenómenos extremos), además de biografías de destacados científicos.
No se lo recomiendo a la gente que se acerque al tema por primera vez. Le sacarán mejor provecho aquellos que quieran repasar conocimientos.
La síntesis en los conceptos conspira contra la comprensión de mucho de los temas. Además las ilustraciones no tienen fines didácticos. Hubiera ayudado que fueran gráficos claros y complementarios los textos. En cambio son interpretaciones artísticas, muy bellas por cierto. Personalmente, me gustó el resultado.
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