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A fascinating look at how a collision of molecules led to the creation of religion, the discovery of continents, and the destruction of empires, "Wind" brings a poet's voice and a scientist's eye together to reveal the profound influence of this phenomenon on the history and psyche of humankind.

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The wind has sculpted Earth from the beginning of time, but it has also shaped humans-our histories, religions and cultures, the way we build our dwellings, and how we think and feel. In this poetic, acclaimed work, Jan DeBlieu takes the tempests of her home, the North Carolina Outer Banks, as a starting point for considering how the world's breezes and gales have made us who we are. She travels widely, seeking out the scientists, sailors and ...

On the clearest nights, in the darkest rural areas, it's possible to see as many as 2, 000 stars. On what kind of scaffolding are they hung? Every moment thousands of neurons fire in our brains, giving rise to our thoughts and emotions. Is it possible for us to map and understand the complex internal cosmos that makes us who we are? These two disparate questions became of immense importance to award-winning writer Jan DeBlieu in the spring of ...

On the clearest nights in the darkest places you can see as many as two thousand stars. On what scaffolding are they hung? Jan DeBlieu began to wonder. Her husband had become enveloped in a depression of his own, and both he and DeBlieu were struggling to find points of light out of that darkness. DeBlieu discovers it in the sky above, a firmament of order and beauty that prompts her to consider the worlds inside our minds, the delicate framew...

In Wind, DeBlieu brings a poets voice and a scientists eye to this remarkable natural force, showing how the bumping of a few molecules can lead to the creation of religions, the discovery of continents, the destruction of empires.

In Wind, DeBlieu brings a poets voice and a scientists eye to this remarkable natural force, showing how the bumping of a few molecules can lead to the creation of religions, the discovery of continents, the destruction of empires.

Reflection of the complex natural cycles, ecosystems, bird, plant, and marine life, and seasonal routines on Hatteras Island.