![]() ![]() Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilizing the dirt. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. With the passionate narrative style and wide-ranging erudition that have made William Bryant Logan's work a touchstone for nature lovers and environmentalists, Air islike the contents of a bag of seaborne dust that Darwin collected aboard the Beaglea treasure trove of discovery. In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air. The African Sahel suffers drought in part because we fill the air with industrial dusts. Thousands were sickened after 9/11 by supposedly "safe" air. The artist Eva Hesse died of inhaling her fiberglass medium. The chemical sense of aphids, the ultraviolet sight of swifts, a newborn's awareness of its mother's breastall take place in the medium of air. Twenty thousand fungal spores and half a million bacteria travel in a square foot of summer air. ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Logan delivers vast amounts of science with brevity and elegance.” Carol Haggas, Booklist (starred review) “Logan’s meticulously researched and engagingly presented treatise is a breath of, well, fresh air.” He is erudite and thoughtful, with an agreeable mix of the personal and scientific” “Logan is an enjoyable companion with which to explore his subject. Logan is able to draw the reader into pretty much any subject. a spore-world of essays, essaylets, mini-biographies, gossip, whispers, lists, prose-poems and asides.Cheery, chatty and compulsively curious, Mr. Logan celebrates the atmosphere as a medium of communication―transmitting pheromones as well as sound, bird calls, music―and notes that the breath of life separates the living from the dead. celebrates the union of the inorganic and organic realms that nurture life. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īs with his earlier works. With the passionate narrative style and wide-ranging erudition that have made William Bryant Logan’s work a touchstone for nature lovers and environmentalists, Air is―like the contents of a bag of seaborne dust that Darwin collected aboard the Beagle―a treasure trove of discovery. Thousands were sickened after 9/11 by supposedly “safe” air. The chemical sense of aphids, the ultraviolet sight of swifts, a newborn’s awareness of its mother’s breast―all take place in the medium of air. ![]() OL16664114W Origin-contact Origin-note Physical items are owned or controlled by and digitized by Internet Archive Origin-organization Internet Archive Page_number_confidence 91.75 Pages 426 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210611151731 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 673 Scandate 20210610131746 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780393067989 Tts_version 4.In a sublime exploration of the most unpredictable element of the earth, William Bryant Logan opens our eyes to the astonishing physics, chemistry, biology, history, art, and even music of the air.Īir sustains the living. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 12:00:57 Boxid IA40287903 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]()
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