Description
Something in the Air is a conversational, historical, clinical, and factual tour of the science of biometeorology, addressing what is known about weather-health interaction and separating reality from folklore. Author and veteran Philadelphia Inquirer weather writer. Anthony R. Wood. takes readers on a comprehensive exploration of the history and state of seasonal conditions.
Author: Anthony R. Wood
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 04/15/2025
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9781633889965
ISBN10: 1633889963
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diseases & Conditions | General
- Nature | Seasons
- Science | Earth Sciences | Meteorology & Climatology
About the Author
In more than 35 years as a staff writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Anthony R. Wood has written on a broad menu of subjects, including taxes, dangerous coastal development, and the changing oceans. Wood has been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes four times, and has won numerous awards, including a National Association of Science Writers citation for his series on the Gulf Stream and a Society of Professional Journalists award for environmental writing.
He is the author of Snow: A History of the World's Most Fascinating Flake, a treatise on the history, science and cultural impacts of snow. He writes frequently about weather and was the author of a popular series on biometeorology, and much of the material in Something in the Air is drawn from personal experience.