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Bestselling writer, journalist and broadcaster Simon Winchester OBE (UK/USA) will join WORD in March 2026 for a special session to chat about his latest book, The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind.Simon has written about everything from eccentric scientists and how engineers invented the modern world, to natural disasters, religious conflicts and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary in his 30-plus books to date.
The Breath of the Gods brings together history, literature, science, poetry, and engineering in a fascinating look at that beguiling force of nature: the wind. Wind plays a vital part in our everyday lives from aeroplane and car travel to the climate disasters that are becoming more frequent, so expect an insightful and wide-ranging conversation with the master of narrative nonfiction.
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