Watson Lyall - Heaven's Breath A Natural History Of The Wind - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 f hn 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.
Title: Heaven's Breath A Natural History Of The Wind
Author(s): Watson Lyall
Publisher: The New York Review Of Books Inc
Barcode: 9781681373690
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 8/13/2019
Category: Natural History