By Rasmus Wiuff An accompaniment to the article ‘Was Franz Baur’s infamous long-range weather forecast for the winter of 1941/42 on the Eastern Front really wrong?’ Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, January 2023 On 22 June 1941, Hitler began Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union with the aim of ending the campaign before winter. […]
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Introducing ‘Notes & Letters’
One of the first things Fiona and I wanted do as new Co-Presidents was to develop a channel of communication between members that was less fleeting than an email announcement, but not as formal as a journal article. Through conversations with past Presidents we learned that when History of Meteorology was first launched, there was […]
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ICHM turns 20!
The International Commission for the History of Meteorology was founded in 2001 at the 21st International Congress of History of Science in Mexico City. Since then, we have supported numerous workshops and events, and sponsored major meetings in Polling, Germany in 2004; Beijing, China in 2005; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2008 and 2017; Waterville, […]
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Launching the Atmospheric Humanities
The Fifth International Workshop on Science, Philosophy and Literature Hermoupolis, Syros Island, Greece14-16 July 2020 THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The Atmospheric Humanities is a fast-emerging field of scholarship seeking to understand socio-cultural dimensions of atmospheric experience, knowledge and practice. Examining atmospheric agency in its historical and contemporary manifestations, atmospheric humanities explore the […]
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New book on thermometers
Holland, Rainer und Gerhard Stöhr, Thermometer, Skalen und deren Väter. 210 Seiten, 75 Tafeln und Abbildungen, 2013, Selbstverlag Riedlingen, ISBN: 978-3-00-042-032-0, Preis: 34,80 € This is a wonderful book on the development of thermometers, which gives a lot of information, pictures, and references. It includes special thermometers and the transformation of their scale in […]
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Election results
The election results for the officers of the International Commission on the History of Meteorology: The new President of the Commission is Professor Georgina Endfield from the University of Nottingham, UK. The new Vice-President of the Commission is Dr Christina Helena da Motta Barboza, Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The […]
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Researcher position
For Nordic speaking historians of science and technology, Universitetet i Bergen has a vacant temporary position as researcher on their project about the history of meteorology in Norway. For more information, visit the job posting at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=94946.
An election of officers for the International Commission on History of Meteorology (ICHM) will be held this summer with the results to be announced before the international congress in Manchseter 2013. Terms of office will be January 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2017. Please send nominations and self-nominations for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary/Webmaster to […]
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY (ICHM) Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) Adopted at the XXI Congress of History of Science, Mexico City, 11 July 2001 Amended after consultation with the membership and Officers, 27 July 2004 Amended by vote of […]
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