Rain in history, science and art

Rain is a mysterious and great element, it brings with him salvation from drought and destroying floods. At different times, the rain prayed and worshiped, sacrificed small children, arranged witch hunts and fell into the sky with rockets to call or stop him. The rain is involved in the great wars, weddings and the creation of a Macintosh cloak. To the collapse of Harappal civilization and great depression. At the same time, the rain is a phenomenon that inspires thousands of people to the discoveries and creativity: from Thomas Jefferson to Kurt Cobain.
Ecologist Cynthia Barnett talks about climate change and reveals an amazing connection between rain, world history, art and our future.

Cynthia Barnett is a famous journalist, author of books on ecological topics. Writes for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discovery. He teaches environmental journalism at the college of journalism and communications of the University of Florida.

"The most fundamental study of rain from written by mankind."
Dmitry Tetkin, REGNUM

"those who love rain, this book will certainly hook. And it doesn’t matter whether it is about strictly scientific information about evaporation and condensation, sometimes anecdotal attempts to predict the weather or the place of rain in the history of rock music. "
Pyotr Deanichenko, Geo