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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
by Walker, Gabrielle | HC | Good
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- ISBN
- 9780151011247
- Book Title
- Ocean of Air : Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, History, Chemistry / General
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- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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We spend our lives surrounded by air, hardly even noticing it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, yet responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In fact, we live at the bottom of an ocean of air. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories of the people who uncovered its secrets: * A flamboyant Renaissance Italian discovers how heavy our air really is: The air filling Carnegie Hall, for example, weighs seventy thousand pounds. * A one-eyed barnstorming pilot finds a set of winds that constantly blow five miles above our heads. * An impoverished American farmer figures out why hurricanes move in a circle by carving equations with his pitchfork on a barn door. * A well-meaning inventor nearly destroys the ozone layer. * A reclusive mathematical genius predicts, thirty years before he's proved right, that the sky contains a layer of floating metal fed by the glowing tails of shooting stars.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0151011249
ISBN-13
9780151011247
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57038998
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ocean of Air : Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, History, Chemistry / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qc855.W35 2007
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PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH"A thrilling tale of brilliant researchers . . . not only crystal-clear but also wonderfully dramatic."--THE WASHINGTON POST "[R]iveting in its vivid portrayal of the great icy catastrophes which may have gripped our planet nearly a billion years ago, and its depiction of the very human scientists involved . . . Both the geological and the human story are brilliantly told."--OLIVER SACKS, An Ocean of Air is a fascinating book. The subject is hot, the science is cool, and Gabrielle Walker''s style is lighter than air. Warmly recommended., PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH "A thrilling tale of brilliant researchers . . . not only crystal-clear but also wonderfully dramatic."--THE WASHINGTON POST "[R]iveting in its vivid portrayal of the great icy catastrophes which may have gripped our planet nearly a billion years ago, and its depiction of the very human scientists involved . . . Both the geological and the human story are brilliantly told."--OLIVER SACKS, PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH "A thrilling tale of brilliant researchers . . . not only crystal-clear but also wonderfully dramatic."'e"THE WASHINGTON POST "[R]iveting in its vivid portrayal of the great icy catastrophes which may have gripped our planet nearly a billion years ago, and its depiction of the very human scientists involved . . . Both the geological and the human story are brilliantly told."'e"OLIVER SACKS, PRAISE FOR AN OCEAN OF AIR "I never knew air could be so interesting."--Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything "[Walker provides] counter-intuitive delights . . . This is a fabulous introduction to the world above our heads."-- Daily Mail on Sunday (London), PRAISE FOR AN OCEAN OF AIR "I never knew air could be so interesting."—Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything "[Walker provides] counter-intuitive delights . . . This is a fabulous introduction to the world above our heads."— Daily Mail on Sunday (London), PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH"A thrilling tale of brilliant researchers . . . not only crystal-clear but also wonderfully dramatic."—THE WASHINGTON POST "[R]iveting in its vivid portrayal of the great icy catastrophes which may have gripped our planet nearly a billion years ago, and its depiction of the very human scientists involved . . . Both the geological and the human story are brilliantly told."—OLIVER SACKS, PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL EARTH "A thrilling tale of brilliant researchers . . . not only crystal-clear but also wonderfully dramatic."—THE WASHINGTON POST"[R]iveting in its vivid portrayal of the great icy catastrophes which may have gripped our planet nearly a billion years ago, and its depiction of the very human scientists involved . . . Both the geological and the human story are brilliantly told."—OLIVER SACKS, Who knew air could be so interesting? Like the scientific mavericks she profiles, Gabrielle Walker had the freshness of vision to realize that within its presumed-nothingness lay the most fascinating, profound revelations about life on earth. This is science writing at its best: clear, witty, relevant, unbelievably interesting, and just plain great., An Ocean of Air is a fascinating book. The subject is hot, the science is cool, and Gabrielle Walker's style is lighter than air. Warmly recommended.
Table of Content
contents Prologue xi part 1 comfort blanket chapter 1: the ocean above us 3 chapter 2: elixir of life 26 chapter 3: food and warmth 58 chapter 4: blowing in the wind 88 part 2 sheltering sky chapter 5: the hole story 129chapter 6:× mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" mirror in the sky 159 chapter 7: the final frontier 196 Epilogue 232 Acknowledgments 236 Suggestions for Further Reading 239 Endnotes 247 Index 262
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
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Lccn
2006-032359
Dewey Decimal
551.509
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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