Would you like to know how cumulus, nimbus, stratus, and cirrus became the major names for the clouds in the sky? And who was behind the whole naming thing anyway? All the answers are found in the joyful book, "The Invention of Clouds - How an Amateur Meteorolgist Forged the Language of the Skies."

This book is part biography, part popularized science story. It's super well-researched and beautifuuuully written. . Discover Europe as it was when scientific revolutions provided entertainment and knowledge. Read the story of a man whose pastime of staring at the sky paved the way for the breakthrough of a lifetime. Find out how a "useless pursuit of shadows" lent itself to the naming and claiming of the clouds in our skies :D enjoy!