Architect of the Clouds

For most of human history, the sky was viewed as a chaotic, unpredictable canvas of the gods. Clouds were considered ephemeral, shapeless vapors that vanished too quickly to ever be studied or categorized. The scientific revolution had named the plants, the animals, and the stars, but the atmosphere remained completely untamed. This chaos ended in 1802 thanks to an unassuming London pharmacist a...