This is a landmark book. An in-depth account of expertise at its highest level. A fascinating and highly readable explanation of how experts take advantage of technology. Besides, who can resist an inside look at the work of weather forecasters? This book has been years in the making, years in the polishing, and is destined to take its place among the classics of scientific scholarship.
Gary Klein, author of Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
Minding the Weather is a remarkable book! It discusses in great detail how individuals become weather forecasters, and beyond that, expert weather forecasters. It shows that weather forecasting is a continuous, lifelong learning process, which, if one learns the lessons being taught by the atmosphere, can lead to a high level of professional expertise. This book is for anyone responsible for educating, training, and employing weather forecasters.
John T. Snow, Regents' Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, Dean Emeritus, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma
How are weather forecasters able to reveal the future? How does one become an expert? What does it mean to be an expert? These are just some of the questions that the authors pose in this excellent, all-encompassing book about weather forecasting and the minds of those who make the forecasts. Minding the Weather opens the brains of forecasters, peeks inside, and reveals how they think, how they make forecasts, and how they become experts.
David M. Schultz, Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, University of Manchester; author of Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker and Atmospheric Scientist
