FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin’s Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast by John and Mary Gribbin

Darwin's captain and a pioneering vision of weather

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Robert FitzRoy is remembered as the captain who took Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle, but his achievements extended far beyond that famous voyage. John and Mary Gribbin follow his naval career, his difficult period as governor of New Zealand and his later work developing the foundations of weather forecasting. His ambition to understand and predict conditions at sea brought scientific innovation together with a determination to protect lives. At the same time, FitzRoy's religious convictions placed him in conflict with the ideas emerging from Darwin's work. This biography brings together the public accomplishments and personal struggles of a complex man whose contribution to meteorology changed how people approached the weather.