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Writing on air

"For centuries, humans have tried to master air. Sea captains rein it in with their sails, and pilots cut through it with their wings. We have machines to pump air into our lungs and computers to anticipate the movement of the winds. Air pervades everything we do and gives us life, yet it is impossible to capture. We can only evoke it through images, impressions, and feelings. This book offers a collage of such evocations expressed through prose, poetry, photography, and drawings"--Bookjacket
Print Book, English, ©2003
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©2003
Literature
xiv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780262182300, 9780262681599, 0262182300, 0262681595
50906082
"A Terra nova book."