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THE subject of this book is climate and weather as part of man's environment—Lebensraum in the literal sense—including not only the natural air of the free countryside, but also the modified air of great cities, houses, air-conditioned buildings and, on a still smaller scale, within clothing. These studies on the borderlands of meteorology and biology or medicine are highly specialized, and they are dealt with in a series of memoirs by different authorities. In the first and longest section, Prof. L. Weickmann sets out the fundamental basis, the elements of climate and weather. This is to some extent orthodox meteorology, but with a difference. It starts with a detailed account of solar radiations of all wave-lengths and their biological effects; other climatic elements in turn are treated from the same point of view. ‘Sensible’ temperature and the cooling power of air are fully discussed, while for humidity the important quantity is taken as the physiological saturation deficit.
Klima, Wetter, Mensch
Von E. Brezina W. Hellpach R. Hesse E. Martini B. de Rudder A. Schittenhelm A. Seybold L. Weickmann Heinz Woltereck. Pp. viii + 446. (Leipzig: Quelle und Meyer, 1938.) 18 gold marks.
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BROOKS, C. Klima, Wetter, Mensch. Nature 144, 1066 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441066a0
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