An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Walker, Gabrielle
An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Walker, Gabrielle

An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere

We don't just live in the air; we live because of it. It's the most miraculous substance...
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Author: Gabrielle Walker
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Walker, Gabrielle

An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere

$43.45
An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Walker, Gabrielle

An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere

$43.45
Author: Gabrielle Walker
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
We don't just live in the air; we live because of it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. 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.

Author: Gabrielle Walker
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/04/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780156034142


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2008 pg. 29
New York Times Book Review 09/28/2008 pg. 32

About the Author
Walker, Gabrielle: - GABRIELLE WALKER has a PhD in chemistry from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC Radio, and writes for many newspapers and magazines. She is also the author of four books, including An Ocean of Air and Antarctica. She lives in London.
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