Presents a general overview of the history of weather prediction, and introduces seven men who made significant contributions to the field, including Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Benjamin Franklin, and Jule Charney.
Profiles seven thinkers who developed the science of astronomy: Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and William Herschel.