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An beautifully illustrated account of the sea and its meanings, from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics.

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Clouds examines clouds in their cultural, historical and scientific contexts, exploring their notable presence in literature and the arts (including music and sculpture) while outlining their growing scientific significance in the context of climate change.

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Explores the science behind wind, as well as how it has been imagined and portrayed in myth, religion, art and literature since ancient times.

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This wide-ranging book describes the importance, as well as the fragility of glaciers.

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A lively, critical account of this 'noblest' of metals, examining the scientific and cultural history of gold.

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Meteorite: Nature and Culture is a unique, richly illustrated cultural history of these ancient and mysterious phenomena.

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In this compelling journey through peaks both real and imaginary, Veronica della Dora explores how the history of mountains is deeply interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with religious beliefs and scientific practices.

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Tracing poles and polarity back to their sacred ancient civilizations, this book explores how the idea of a North Pole has given rise to utopias, satires, fantasies, paradoxes and nationalist ideologies, from the Renaissance to the Third Reich.

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In this richly illustrated account, James Hamilton explores the scientific and cultural history of the volcano. The book moves from Greek and Roman myth to the earliest-known wall painting of an erupting volcano in 6200 BC, to the distinctive colours of Andy Warhol, to Michael Sandle's exploding mountains of the 1980s.