Friday essay: from angry gods and fertile myths to battleships and new technologies – how the wind shapes our world

Invisible to the naked eye, the work of the wind often goes unnoticed. Yet, for millennia, this unseen force has shaped religion, trade, warfare, culture, science and more.

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