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Viser: Air - Nature and Culture
Air
Nature and Culture
Peter Adey
(2014)
Sprog: Engelsk
om ca. 10 hverdage
Detaljer om varen
- Paperback: 224 sider
- Udgiver: Reaktion Books, Limited (September 2014)
- ISBN: 9781780232560
Adey examines how humans have managed and manipulated air as a natural resource and, in doing so, have been taken to the limits of survival, brought to high-altitude mountain peaks, subterranean worlds, and the troughs of new moral depths. Going beyond how vital air has been to our philosophical, scientific, and technological pursuits, he also reveals the way that the artistic and literary imagination has been lifted through air and how, in air, cultures have learned to express and inspire each other. Combining established figures such as Joseph Priestley, John Scott Haldane, and Marie Curie with unlikely individuals from painting, literature, and poetry, this richly illustrated book unlocks new perspectives into the science and culture of this pervasive but unnoticed substance."