Luis E. Ramos Guadalupe is director of the Historical Heritage Section of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Oswaldo Garcia is professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University.
"Any discussion of the science of meteorology and the study of
hurricanes in Cuba begins with accomplishments of the priest Benito
Viñes, and it is to this subject that Guadalupe's biography of
Viñes is dedicated. This is a celebratory biography, prepared with
affection and admiration, and filled with well-documented
information and thoughtful insight. . . . [This book] offers
poignant insight into the fusion of science and humanism, a
testimony to the degree to which a labor of love had real-life
implications. . . . A welcome addition to the expanding scholarship
on environmental history. English-language readers owe a debt of
gratitude to García for a very capable translation of the
Spanish-language original."--Louis A. Peréz, Jr. University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Catholic Historical Review"
"We must thank the American Meteorological Society for bringing the
figure of Fr. Viñes to the attention of a wider audience. . . .
Viñes deserves to be better known as an important pioneer in the
observation, study, and forecasting of tropical hurricanes."--
"Journal of Jesuit Studies"
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