Wind : How the Flow of Air has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
Wind : How the Flow of Air has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land – Review
I kayak on Lake Superior, where the wind often whips up some sharp waves. My kayaking pals get that my understanding of nature is mostly confined to finally realizing that birds have wings, that rain drops from the sky and leaves are green. This summer, after converting Wind, I was able to wow them with my thorough knowledge of how the winds are formed and why, so often, they seem to be simply blowing in our faces when we’re out on the water. This is a attack of science for the science-phobic, a well constructed and beautifully written examination of how people have closely related to the wind over the millenia, and how it affects us today. A bonus feature: Deblieu’s writing about the wind has a physical nature that makes this much more than another nature book.