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Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land - Couverture rigide

DeBlieu, Jan

 
9780395780336: Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0395780330 ISBN 13 : 9780395780336
Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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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Éditeur
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0395780330
ISBN 13 
9780395780336
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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