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  Title

  Caesar's last breath : decoding the secrets of the air around us First edition.

  Author

  Kean, Sam,  

  Publisher:

  Little, Brown and Company,

  Pub date:

  2017.

  Description:

  viii, 373 pages :

  ISBN:

  0316381640

  Item info:

  4 copies currently available - Glen Allen Library, Twin Hickory Library, Tuckahoe Library, and Fairfield Area Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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  • Holdings
    Fairfield Area Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    551.51 KEAN	2	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Glen Allen Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    551.51 KEAN	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Tuckahoe Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    551.51 KEAN	2	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Twin Hickory Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    551.51 KEAN	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction

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  Caesar's last breath : decoding the secrets of the air around us First edition.
  Kean, Sam,
  

  Personal Author:

  Kean, Sam,

  Title:

  Caesar's last breath : decoding the secrets of the air around us / Sam Kean.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Publication Info:

  New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

  Physical descrip:

  viii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

  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.

  Summary:

  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.

  Held by:

  GLEN-ALLEN TWNHICKORY TUCKAHOE FAAREA

  Subject term:

  Air.

  Subject term:

  Atmosphere.