Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
by Jan DeBlieu
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- 1593760949
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- 9781593760946
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Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, and monsoons - the wind has as many names as its moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth, the plants and animals, the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. Wind touches all of us every day of our lives, and yet remarkably little has been written about it except as a component of the weather. In Wind, Jan DeBlieu brings a poet's voice and a scientist's eye to this remarkable natural force, showing how the bumping of a few molecules can lead to the creation of religions, the discovery of continents, the destruction of empires.
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- Title
- Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
- Author
- Jan DeBlieu
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1593760949
- ISBN 13
- 9781593760946
- Publisher
- Shoemaker & Hoard
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.c., U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- May 1, 2006
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