Understand The Weather (Teach Yourself) Understand the Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes changes in the weather on a local, national and global scale but that you can al
| TITLE | : | Understand The Weather (Teach Yourself) |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.87 (580 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1444103105 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 304 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2010-08-27 |
| GENRE | : |
Understand the Weather is a comprehensive and practical guide to the workings of the atmosphere. It will ensure that you not only understand what causes changes in the weather on a local, national and global scale but that you can also fully interpret weather broadcasts and are able to make your own predictions. Packed full of case studies, this book will explain both the weather we experience daily (winds, cold fronts, rain and shine) and the extreme weather that makes the headlines all too often (El Nino, Hurricane Katrina, floods). It will also focus on climate change and its effects - how will our weather be different in the future? Whether your job or leisure pursuits rely on the weather, or you just want to understand more about it, this book is ideal.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.A
Editorial : About the Author
Peter Inness is a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. Prior to this, Peter was an Instructor at the Met Office College and a Research Scientist at the Hadley Centre for Climate Research and Prediction.
In judging the world around us, we use two mental systems: Fast and Slow. Kahneman's interpretation is that this opinion is wrong because the probability of a (random) woman being a bank teller is greater that than person's being a bank teller AND a feminist. They built the large speaker amplifier system that filled the theater with sound. I love how she includes her personal experience and also includes other resources such as additional reading materials and websites. These two systems together provide a backdrop for our cognitive biases and achievements.
This very well written book will enlighten and entertain the reader, especially if the reader is not exposed to the full range of research relating to behavioral economics.
This book serves an antidote to Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. The average is only around 500. I bought this book for my Kindle and have read it t
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