Ebook {Epub PDF} Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

 · In her explorations, Barnett collects many anecdotes, like the one about a perfume said to capture the aroma of fresh rain on parched ground. Another describes a chance encounter with Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of all the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science – the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains – with the human .  · “Everyone thinks about rain, but few have done so more than environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett. In her new book, Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, she explores every possible aspect of rain you can think of, and probably many you didn’t consider. We learn about the origin of rain jackets, the aroma of rain, how Daniel Defoe helped popularize umbrellas, why it occasionally rains Brand: Brilliance Audio.

Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science - the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains - with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2, miles of. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History. Rain.: Cynthia Barnett. Crown, - Science - pages. 63 Reviews. Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2, miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River.

to tell the story of bltadwin.rua Barnett s Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of colored rains with the human story of our attempts to. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of all the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science – the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains – with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to. She covers how rain has influenced history, religion, culture, architecture and other areas as well as science. Apparently this one topic of rain has a very wide reach that I never gave much thought to. The book is well researched but is not dry. It keeps moving from one aspect to another.