Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather

by Marq de Villiers

Book Overview

Although sometimes enormously destructive, wind is also one of the elements that make life on Earth possible. Without it, the intense solar radiation beating down on the tropics would have no way of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802714692
• ISBN13: 9780802714695
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Swept away by Windswept

Windswept is the definitive explanation of weather, the answer to all my questions. Mr. de Villiers delivers science with a very human touch.

Blends people's encounters and experiences with wind and storms with scientific fact to make for a l

WINDSWEPT: THE STORY OF WIND AND WEATHER joins others on the topic of weather but here provides an award-winning nature writer's survey of how weather has been perceived and described through the ages: wind, in particular. From wind's ability to influence world patterns and paths to how wind influences health and crime in human affairs, WINDSWEPT is much more than the usual meteorological analysis: it blends people's encounters and experiences with wind and storms with scientific fact to make for a lively read. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

A great read and fun, too!

According to this book, a 1935 hurricane allegedly sandblasted victims into particles in Florida. However, this sounds like an urban legend repeated one too many times. I assume the people were dead already, a long time, and rotting on beach. But I wonder if the "fact" is really true, or just another hurrican alley urban legend? Sounds fishy to me. Other than that one small criticism, this book is a great read and for anyone interested in weather around the world, it's a perfect beach book for the summer!