Heaven's Breath
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what a fun way to dive into a topic. every lens seemingly possible was brought to the wind. language, history, physics, biology and more all were brought to the table to examine more and more perspectives.
i think it worked to a degree.
some chapters were slogs but most chapters felt so chock full of something that it feels like we should know but we don't. drinking from a firehose best describes how much a book written in 1985 can teach.
i look forward to the wind in my face, i'll look to the sky to appreciate the invisible life the wind is sustaining (and to be aware of falling fish), i hope to one day see a water spout (from afar) and so much more.
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A fascinating study of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as does the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives