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SUMMARY:James Fleming - Inventing Atmospheric Science: Issues of Scale and the Quest for Prevision
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James R. Fleming\, Professor of Science\, Technology\, and Society\, Colby College\nSpace is limited. Please RSVP to smh2223@barnard.edu if you plan to attend this event. \nIn 1960\, using a small computer and a simple\, but profound\, non-linear model\, Edward Lorenz (1917-2008) introduced chaos theory into meteorology\, challenging the technological enthusiasm fueled by the recent arrival of numerical weather and climate models and Earth-orbiting satellites\, and effectively ending a sixty-year neo-Laplacian quest for prevision. This presentation\, based on Inventing Atmospheric Science (The M.I.T. Press\, 2016)\, examines the work of three interconnected generations of scientists and the influence of three families of transformative technologies in the first six decades of the twentieth century. Discussion will emphasize issues of scale and how the atmospheric sciences are still in the process of coming to terms with chaos.
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/scisoc/cssevent/james-fleming-inventing-atmospheric-science-issues-scale-quest-prevision/
LOCATION:Fayerweather Hall Room #411\, Columbia University\, 1180 Amsterdam Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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