01921cam a2200385 a 4500 15868276 BD-DhUL 20141110164442.0 090814s2010 mauab b 001 0 eng 2009030678 GBB021666 bnb 015483352 Uk 9780262013925 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262013924 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn430736496 DLC DLC UKM C#P YDXCP BWX CDX AGL ABG DLC BD-DhUL QC995 .E296 2010 QC995 .E296 2010 551.63 22 EDV Edwards, Paul N. A vast machine : computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming / Paul N. Edwards. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010. xxvii, 518 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. US$ 29.66 Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-507) and index. Thinking globally -- Global space, universal time : seeing the planetary atmosphere -- Standards and networks : international meteorology and the Réseau Mondial -- Climatology and climate change before World War II -- Friction -- Numerical weather prediction -- The infinite forecast -- Making global data -- The first WWW -- Making data global -- Data wars -- Reanalysis : the do-over -- Parametrics and the limits of knowledge -- Simulation models and atmospheric politics, 1960-1992 -- Signal and noise : consensus, controversy, and climate change. Weather forecasting. Climatology History. Meteorology History. Climatology Technological innovations. Global temperature changes. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK xh00 2009-08-14 xh07 2009-08-14 to Dewey xe13 2010-07-09 2 copies rec'd., to CIP ver. 18485 18485 0 0 ddc 0 551_630000000000000_EDV 0 NFIC 35072 DUSL DUSL GEN 2012-09-19 Purchased 551.63 EDV 475039 2014-11-10 2014-11-10 BK