Gasp! : [Text] the swift & terrible beauty of air /
by Sherman, Joe.
Type:
BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Shoemaker & Hoard Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2004Description: x, 414 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1593760256.Subject(s): Air | Atmosphere | Respiration | |
Contents:
Summary: A scientific, historical, environmental, and cultural portrait of air, which discusses such topics as air's origins, the biology of human breathing, pollution, poison gas, and the religious significance of breath.
Our airy bodies -- A whole lot of air -- The origins of air -- Once air was simply marvelous -- Air, God, and the guillotine -- Mythic gods of air -- Is there air in heaven? -- The little atmospheric disruptions of man -- A few twentieth century air nightmares -- Clean air dreams -- The black triangle -- One clean breath.
| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | NF 515.5 S (Browse shelf) | Available | H037175555 |
Total holds: 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-414).
Our airy bodies -- A whole lot of air -- The origins of air -- Once air was simply marvelous -- Air, God, and the guillotine -- Mythic gods of air -- Is there air in heaven? -- The little atmospheric disruptions of man -- A few twentieth century air nightmares -- Clean air dreams -- The black triangle -- One clean breath.
Library Journal, November 2004
Publisher's Weekly, September 2004
A scientific, historical, environmental, and cultural portrait of air, which discusses such topics as air's origins, the biology of human breathing, pollution, poison gas, and the religious significance of breath.
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