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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
de Walker, Gabrielle
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151011249
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011247
- Librería
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Eugene , Oregon, United States
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Used - Very Good. Hardcover A well-cared-for item that has seen limited use but remains in better than average cosmetic condition. The item is complete, and without major damage. It may have limited signs of use. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
Sinopsis
We spend our lives surrounded by air, hardly even noticing it. It’s the most miraculous substance on earth, yet responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In fact, we live at the bottom of an ocean of air. 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.
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- Librería
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- T-07-4324
- Título
- An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
- Autor
- Walker, Gabrielle
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0151011249
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011247
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Orlando
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2006032359
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St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
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