Caesar's last breath
Subtitle: decoding the secrets of the air around us
By: Sam Kean
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780316381642
Subjects: Atmosphere; Air
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-362) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The last breath; title: Making air: our first four atmospheres; title: Earth's early air; title: The exploding lake; title: The devil in the air; title: Welding a dangerous weapon; title: The curse and blessing of oxygen; title: Hotter than the Dickens; title: Harnessing air: the human relationship with air; title: The wonder-working gas of delight; title: Le Pétomane; title: Controlled chaos; title: Steeling yourself for tragedy; title: Into the blue; title: Night lights; title: Frontiers: the new heavens; title: The fallout of fallout; title: Albert Einstein and the people's fridge; title: Weather wars; title: Rumbles from Roswell; title: Putting on alien airs.