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A History of the Wind

Af: Alain Corbin Engelsk Hardback

A History of the Wind

Af: Alain Corbin Engelsk Hardback
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Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet, despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past. In this brilliantly original volume, Alain Corbin sets out to illuminate the wind’s storied history. He shows how, before the nineteenth century, the noisy emptiness of wind was experienced and described only according to the sensations it provoked. Imagery of the wind featured prominently in literature, from the ancient Greek epics through the Renaissance and romanticism to the modern era, but little was known about where the wind came from and where it went. It was only in the late eighteenth century, with the discovery of the composition of air, that scientists began to understand the nature of wind and its trajectories. From that point on, our understanding of the wind was shaped by meteorology, which mapped the flows of winds and currents around the globe. But while science has enabled us to understand the wind and, in some respects, to harness it, the wind has lost nothing of its mysterious force. It still has the power to destroy, and in the wind’s ethereal presence we can still feel its connection with creation and death.
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Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet, despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past. In this brilliantly original volume, Alain Corbin sets out to illuminate the wind’s storied history. He shows how, before the nineteenth century, the noisy emptiness of wind was experienced and described only according to the sensations it provoked. Imagery of the wind featured prominently in literature, from the ancient Greek epics through the Renaissance and romanticism to the modern era, but little was known about where the wind came from and where it went. It was only in the late eighteenth century, with the discovery of the composition of air, that scientists began to understand the nature of wind and its trajectories. From that point on, our understanding of the wind was shaped by meteorology, which mapped the flows of winds and currents around the globe. But while science has enabled us to understand the wind and, in some respects, to harness it, the wind has lost nothing of its mysterious force. It still has the power to destroy, and in the wind’s ethereal presence we can still feel its connection with creation and death.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 170
ISBN-13: 9781509552054
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1509552057
Kategori: Naturvidenskabens historie
Udg. Dato: 25 nov 2022
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 222mm
Højde: 148mm
Forlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato: 25 nov 2022
Forfatter(e): Alain Corbin
Forfatter(e) Alain Corbin

Kategori Naturvidenskabens historie

ISBN-13 9781509552054

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 170

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 222mm

Højde 148mm

Udg. Dato 25 nov 2022

Oplagsdato 25 nov 2022

Forlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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