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Heaven's Breath

- A Natural History of the Wind
Af: Lyall Watson Engelsk Paperback

Heaven's Breath

- A Natural History of the Wind
Af: Lyall Watson Engelsk Paperback
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A “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy (The Observer)
 
Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the globe. Wind shapes the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as empire also does. Wind made the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Japanese. Wind helped to destroy the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives: the föhn, mistral, sirocco, Santa Ana, and other “ill winds” of the world are correlated with disease, suicide, and even murder.

Heaven’s Breath is an encyclopedic and enchanting book that opens dazzling new perspectives on history, nature, and humanity.
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A “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy (The Observer)
 
Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the globe. Wind shapes the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as empire also does. Wind made the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Japanese. Wind helped to destroy the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives: the föhn, mistral, sirocco, Santa Ana, and other “ill winds” of the world are correlated with disease, suicide, and even murder.

Heaven’s Breath is an encyclopedic and enchanting book that opens dazzling new perspectives on history, nature, and humanity.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9781681373690
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1681373696
Kategori: Naturbøger
Udg. Dato: 13 aug 2019
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 203mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: The New York Review of Books, Inc
Oplagsdato: 13 aug 2019
Forfatter(e): Lyall Watson
Forfatter(e) Lyall Watson

Kategori Naturbøger

ISBN-13 9781681373690

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 400

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 203mm

Højde 130mm

Udg. Dato 13 aug 2019

Oplagsdato 13 aug 2019

Forlag The New York Review of Books, Inc