Air
Subtitle: the restless shaper of the world
By: William Bryant Logan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780393067989
Subjects: Social aspects; Atmosphere; Air
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Floating; title: Darwin's Dust; title: The Spore Sucker; title: Where Fungi Are; title: Splash, Fire, Blow, Fling; title: The Ergot of the Rye; title: Lifted, Lofted, and Living; title: The Pollen Rain; title: Invisible Cities; title: Is the Furniture Poison?; title: The Air after 9/11; title: Spinning; title: Weaving; title: Vortices; title: Ground Truth; title: El Greco's Clouds; title: The Big Mistake; title: The Forecasters; title: The Weather on D-Day; title: Forcing; title: The Winds; title: Firestorm; title: Flying; title: Dragged Aloft; title: Saab in Flight; title: The Common Crane; title: Stall Practice; title: The Bat, the Bee, the Bar-Headed Goose; title: The Lee Wave; title: The Wind Riders; title: What Now?; title: Telling; title: The Wilderness of Pheromones; title: Mother and Child Communion; title: Allure; title: The Atmosphere of the Beloved; title: Zooming In; title: Aphids in the Invisible World; title: The Bolas Spider; title: Calling; title: What Is Sound?; title: Parrot Duets; title: The Answered Question; title: Nothing in It but What Goes through It; title: Enchanted; title: Sonata Form and Chaos; title: The Aeolian Harp; title: Breathing; title: The Tarpon's Breath; title: Fenchel's Dance; title: The Quantity of Breath; title: Fogging the Mirror; title: Shall These Bones Live?; title: Shining; title: Why the Daytime Sky Is Light; title: There Is Only One Sun; title: The Sap Rising; title: The Air Is a Slow Cold Flame.