Main entry:

Watson, Lyall, author.

Title & Author:

Heaven's breath : a natural history of the wind / by Lyall Watson.

Edition:

[2019 edition].

Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, [2019]
©1984

Description:

xii, 384 pages ; 20 cm

Series:

New York Review Books classics

Notes:
Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the wind -- Wind and earth. The physics of wind -- The geography of wind -- Wind and time. The history of wind -- The future of wind -- Wind and life. The biology of wind -- The sociology of wind -- Wind and body. The physiology of wind -- The perception of wind -- Wind and mind. The psychology of wind -- The philosophy of wind -- Heaven's breath -- Dictionary of winds.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781681373690 (alk. paper)
1681373696 (alk. paper)
(epub)
9781681373706

Subject:

Wind
Winds.
Atmospheric circulation.
Ecology.
Vents.
Circulation atmosphérique.
wind (weather phenomena)
NATURE Weather.
Kultur
Natur

Added entries:

Hunt, Nick writer of introduction.
New York Review Books classics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306153
Call No.: BIB 251860
Status: Available