Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History

by Erik M. Conway

Book Overview

Honorable Mention, 2008 ASLI Choice Awards. Atmospheric Science Librarians International

This book offers an informed and revealing account of NASA's involvement in the scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere.

Since the nineteenth century, scientists have attempted to understand the complex processes of the Earth's atmosphere and the weather created within it. This effort has evolved with the development of new technologies--from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801889847
• ISBN13: 9780801889844
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"