Medieval astrometeorology’s legacy
DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.4933
Lawrence-Mathers replies : Astrometeorology was fully compatible with models of the universe going back to the classical period; it was radical in that it made detailed calculations about localized weather. Its power is seen in its practitioners’ quest to improve the model by keeping weather records and attempting to correlate them with predictive factors in it. In espousing that tradition, Kepler, and many others, paved the way for the expanded observations of the 18th century. It was that practice, rather than the theoretical model, that was astrometeorology’s lasting contribution.
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Anne Lawrence-Mathers, (a.e.mathers-lawrence@reading.ac.uk) University of Reading, Reading, UK.
