Wind - Jan DeBlieu
How the Flow of Air has shaped Life, Myth and the Land
KORTE INHOUD
Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons . the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth and the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. 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, and the destruction of empires. She talks to survivors of a deadly tornado in Iowa, tries hang gliding over North Carolina's Outer Banks, climbs sand dunes in Oregon and slickrock formations in Utah--everywhere exploring the effects, subtle and brutal, comforting and terrifying, of the wind.
1999
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1999 Uitgever: Houghton Mifflin Company 294 paginas ISBN-10: 039595794X ISBN-13: 9780395957943chinookenvironmental sciencegeschiedenismeteorologiemilieumilieuwetenschapmonsoonnaturenatuursciencesiroccotornado
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Paperback. First Mariner Books edition 1999. Fine copy. No names or markings. Slight yellow colouring of the pages.
