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 | The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies (Reprint Edition) by Richard Hamblyn Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-312-42001-3 / 0312420013 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42001-7 / 9780312420017 In The Invention of Clouds, Richard Hamblyn skilfully blends biography with scientific and cultural history to capture for modern readers the remarkable achievement of Luke Howard (1772-1864), the quiet Quaker whose classification of cloud types we still employ today. "Cirrus", "cumulus", and "strat | |