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An ocean of air : why the wind blows and other mysteries of the atmosphere / Gabrielle Walker.

by Walker, Gabrielle.

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Harcourt, c2007.

Atmosphere -- History.

Air -- History.

Science -- History.

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xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-261) and index.

Ch. 1. The ocean above us -- Ch. 2. Elixir of life -- Ch. 3. Food and warmth -- Ch. 4. Blowing in the wind -- Ch. 5. The hole story -- Ch. 6. Mirror in the sky -- Ch. 7. The final frontier.

"Air is about more than just breathing. Air miraculously transforms into solid food, and without it every creature on earth would starve; it wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth; the floating mirror of metal in the air allows radio signals to bounce around the world; and the outer layer of our atmosphere shields us from sun flares that are more violent than all the world's nuclear warheads put together. In this work, Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with stories of the people who uncovered its secrets."--BOOK JACKET.

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