Air
the restless shaper of the world
Air
the restless shaper of the world
Book - 2012
Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death.
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| 37413314205206 | Disponible | Non-fiction | 551.5 LOGAN |
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
c2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Logan, William Bryant. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Air : |b the restless shaper of the world / |c William Bryant Logan. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York, NY : |b W.W. Norton & Co., |c c2012. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 398 p. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-384) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Air. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Air |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Atmosphere. | |
| 998 | |a 2012.08.27 | ||
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