When the conversation topics are exhausted, as a rule, they begin to talk about the weather. The interest in the weather was characteristic of a person always and must think, will not leave him in the future. Meteorology is one of the oldest fields of knowledge. Pfeiffer's book is an essay on the history of the development of meteorology from its inception to modern studies of the earth's atmosphere with the help of rockets and satellites. But, unlike many popular books covering these issues, Pfeiffer's book has great dignity - it introduces the reader to the most interesting problems that are still for one reason or another undeservedly little touched in popular literature. A great place is given in the book on bioclimatology: frosts and their control, indoor climate and artificial climate, the impact of weather on health