Weather: How it works and why it matters by Arthur Upgren and
Jurgen Stock, Perseus/ Helix, $25, ISBN 0738202940
IT HAS shaped the planet and us. A wet spring and a warm summer will give us
a surfeit of peaches. A wet summer rots crops. No matter where you live, the
weather is to be watched, often warily. We all want to know more.
To satisfy this enormous appetite, there has recently been a flood of books
on weather and climate. This is good news for those of us in the business of
writing about weather. But pity the poor…
