An edition of Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
(2017)
Caesar's last breath
decoding the secrets of the air around us
First edition.
by Sam Kean
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A round-the-globe journey through the periodic table explains how the air people breathe reflects the world's history, tracing the origins and ingredients of the atmosphere to explain air's role in reshaping continents, steering human progress, and powering revolutions.
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Caesar's Last Breath: The Epic Story of the Air Around Us
2018, Transworld Publishers Limited
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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Jul 18, 2017, Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio
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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
2017, Little Brown & Company
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Caesar's Last Breath: The Epic Story of the Air Around Us
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Caesar's Last Breath: The Epic Story of the Air Around Us
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Caesar's last breath: decoding the secrets of the air around us
2017, Little, Brown and Company
in English
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction: The last breath
Making air: our first four atmospheres
Earth's early air
The exploding lake
The devil in the air
Welding a dangerous weapon
The curse and blessing of oxygen
Hotter than the Dickens
Harnessing air: the human relationship with air
The wonder-working gas of delight
Le Pétomane
Controlled chaos
Steeling yourself for tragedy
Into the blue
Night lights
Frontiers: the new heavens
The fallout of fallout
Albert Einstein and the people's fridge
Weather wars
Rumbles from Roswell
Putting on alien airs.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.
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| March 7, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
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