- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (9 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0826479731
- ISBN-13: 978-0826479730
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,186,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"'The best weather book that I have read for a very long time. Informative, entertaining and authoritative - excellent in every way.' - Patrick Moore, on The Daily Telegraph Book of the Weather"
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Philip Eden is the much admired weather and climate correspondent of The Daily Telegraph. In this follow-up to his hugely successful book The Book of Weather, the author now goes further to explore and explain the weather and climate changes which concern and obsess us. This is a fascinating look at how the weather has behaved throughout history and could impact on the next generations. Thought-provoking views and a passion for his subject make this new book a compulsive read. Changing climate or no there is one sentiment which pervades our feelings about the weather during our lifetimes: it isn't what it used to be. How many times have we heard remarks like 'Summers are not what they used to be when we were children. Speculations about the future can only be that, but sensible people would prefer informed speculation to the other kind. Eden provides a comprehensive historical context within which present climatic events and trends can be viewed and a sober sound scientific background against which present and future climatic change can be considered.
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As one of the UK's finest "weather brains" Philip Eden should be required reading for any weather enthusiast. Indeed anyone who talks about the weather (especially if they are talking about...ahem...climate change) in any broadcast medium should be forced to read Mr Eden's books in the same way as the new driver has to read the highway code. This is a fascinating look at the weather in the UK, its extremes, its unpredictability, its predictability, its changing nature and its records. By reading this book and "Weatherwise" one can begin to grasp the sheer scale of the state of the atmosphere at any given time and place. If you are in any way interested in the climate of the UK or weather in general then 1. Why on earth have you not read Weatherwise? 2. I hope you read Mr Eden weekly in the Telegraph. 3. Please read this book and then spread the word. 4. Visit Mr Eden's relatively new website. Seriously, get reading asap.
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