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6 Blowing in the Wind: Desert Landscapes
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Michael Welland
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Individuals: Birth and Character 1
- 2 Tribes: The Strange World of Granular Materials 31
- 3 Sand and Imagination I: Very Large Numbers of Very Small Things 66
- 4 Societies on the Move: A Journey to the Sea 77
- 5 Moving On: Waves, Tides, and Storms 107
- 6 Blowing in the Wind: Desert Landscapes 146
- 7 Witness: Testaments of Sand 176
- 8 Sand and Imagination II: Stories, Medium, and Muse 214
- 9 Servant: Sand in Our Lives 234
- 10 Outward and Onward: Beyond Earth, beyond the Present 272
- Epilogue: A Desert Mystery 301
- Sources and Further Reading 305
- Index 323
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Individuals: Birth and Character 1
- 2 Tribes: The Strange World of Granular Materials 31
- 3 Sand and Imagination I: Very Large Numbers of Very Small Things 66
- 4 Societies on the Move: A Journey to the Sea 77
- 5 Moving On: Waves, Tides, and Storms 107
- 6 Blowing in the Wind: Desert Landscapes 146
- 7 Witness: Testaments of Sand 176
- 8 Sand and Imagination II: Stories, Medium, and Muse 214
- 9 Servant: Sand in Our Lives 234
- 10 Outward and Onward: Beyond Earth, beyond the Present 272
- Epilogue: A Desert Mystery 301
- Sources and Further Reading 305
- Index 323
