An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
- ISBN-10
- 015603414X
- ISBN-13
- 9780156034142
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Gabrielle Walker
Description
A study of Earth's atmosphere traces a journey of scientific discovery, from the Renaissance scientist who realized that we live at the bottom of a dense ocean of air, to a well-meaning inventor who nearly destroys the ozone layer.
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