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Climatic Media: Transpacific Experiments in Atmospheric Control

By Yuriko Furuhata

Book information

Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
1478015195, 9781478015192
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7559852 bytes)
Series
Elements
Pages
256\254
Time added
2022-03-26 15:09:07

Description

Yuriko Furuhata traces climate engineering from the early twentieth century to the present, showing how a range of Japanese scientists, technicians, architects, and artists developed technologies to monitor, condition, and modify climate. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Outdoor Weather: Artificial Fog and Weather Control 2. Indoor Weather: Air-Conditioning and Future Forecasting 3. To the Greenhouse: Weatherproof Architecture as Climatic Media 4. Spaceship Earth: Plastics and the Ecological Dilemma of Metabolist Architecture 5. Cloud Control: Teargas, Cybernetics, and Networked Surveillance Conclusion: Explicating the Backgrounds Notes Bibliography Index

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