Divine Wind: The Hurricane in History, Art, and Science.DIVINE WIND: The Hurricane in History, Art, and Science KERRY A. EMANUEL It is said that a 17th-century hurricane led William Shakespeare to write "The Tempest." If so, the timing of that storm means that it was probably also responsible for the British colonization colonization, extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population. of Bermuda, which occurred when a ship headed for Jamestown, Va., was blown off course to the island. Author Emanuel, a hurricane expert and professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary science planetary science or planetology, study of planets and planetary systems as a whole. Planetary science applies the theories and methods of traditional disciplines such as astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics to the study of at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , offers many more examples of how hurricanes and typhoons have altered human history. In 1274, a typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. prevented the invasion and probable conquest of Japan by the Mongol king Kublai Khan Kublai Khan (k  `blī kän), 1215–94, Mongol emperor, founder of the Yüan dynasty of China. From 1251 to 1259 he led military campaigns in S China. . Emanuel's book covers this ground as well as the science of great storms, such as what makes hurricanes powerful and deadly. The book is illustrated with both historical and recent photographs of storms and their aftermath, as well as with beautiful paintings of storms by famous artists. Oxford University Press, 2005, 304 p., color photos and illus., hardcover, $40.00.
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