![An Ocean of Air: A Natural History of the Atmosphere](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/901/581/9780747581901.IN.0.m.jpg)
An Ocean of Air: A Natural History of the Atmosphere
by Walker, Gabrielle
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used; Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747581908
- ISBN 13
- 9780747581901
- Seller
-
Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Brit Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1420255
- Title
- An Ocean of Air: A Natural History of the Atmosphere
- Author
- Walker, Gabrielle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used; Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Uk
- ISBN 10
- 0747581908
- ISBN 13
- 9780747581901
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- This edition first published
- 2007
Terms of Sale
Brit Books Ltd
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Please contact us on customercare@britbooks.co.uk if you have queries regarding your order.