| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 398 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-384) and index. |
| Contents |
Floating-- Darwin's dust -- The spore sucker -- Where fungi are -- Splash, fire, blow, fling -- The ergot of the rye -- Lifted, lofted, and living -- The pollen rain -- Invisible cities -- Is the furniture poison? -- The air after 9/11 -- Spinning -- Weaving -- Vortices -- Ground truth -- El Greco's clouds -- The big mistake -- The forecasters -- The weather on D-Day -- Forcing -- The winds -- Firestorm -- Flying -- Dragged aloft -- Saab in flight -- The common crane -- Stall practice -- The bat, the bee, the bar-headed goose -- The lee wave -- The wind riders -- What now? -- Telling -- The wilderness of pheromones -- Mother and child communion -- Allure -- The atmosphere of the beloved -- Zooming in -- Aphids in the invisible world -- The bolas spider -- Calling -- What is sound? -- Parrot duets -- The answered question -- Nothing in it but what goes through it -- Enchanted -- Sonata form and chaos -- The Aeolian harp -- Breathing -- The tarpon's breath -- Fenchel's dance -- The quantity of breath -- Fogging the mirror -- Shall these bones live? -- Shining -- Why the daytime sky is light -- There is only one sun -- The sap rising -- The air is a slow cold flame. |
| Summary |
Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death. |
| Subject |
Air.
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Air -- Social aspects.
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Atmosphere.
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| ISBN |
9780393067989 (hardcover) |
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039306798X (hardcover) |
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