The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

Description

Title: The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: William Collins / HarperCollins Publishers, 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780008679507

The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester is a wide-ranging nonfiction history of wind, one of the planet’s most powerful and mysterious forces. Winchester explores how wind has shaped weather, travel, war, engineering, literature, science, climate, energy, and everyday human life.

The book looks at wind as both danger and possibility. It considers hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, storms, and the growing concern that changing atmospheric patterns may make extreme wind events more severe, while also examining wind as a vital source of renewable energy.

Written in Simon Winchester’s richly curious style, this paperback is ideal for readers interested in natural history, climate change, meteorology, geography, engineering, environmental writing, and big-picture nonfiction about the forces that shape civilisation.