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The Invention of Clouds
Writer Richard Hamblyn revisits his first book about the 19th-century amateur meteorologist Luke Howard who gave the clouds the names we use today.
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The Invention of Clouds is an episode from Museum of the History of Science by Oxford University. Writer Richard Hamblyn revisits his first book about the 19th-century amateur meteorologist Luke Howard who gave the clouds the names we use t...
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Published Mar 11, 2013, 58:56 long, audio available.
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Writer Richard Hamblyn revisits his first book about the 19th-century amateur meteorologist Luke Howard who gave the clouds the names we use today.
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Published Mar 11, 2013 and 58:56 long