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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
July 1, 2013
Pages
398
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393345391
ISBN-10
0393345394
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.74 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Ignorance of the air is costly. The artist Eva Hesse died of inhaling her fiberglass medium. Thousands were sickened after 9/11 by supposedly “safe” air. The African Sahel suffers drought in part because we fill the air with industrial dusts. With the passionate narrative style and wide-ranging erudition that have made William Bryant Logan’s work a touchstone for nature lovers and environmentalists, Air is―like the contents of a bag of seaborne dust that Darwin collected aboard the Beagle―a treasure trove of discovery. 20 illustrations
The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth.
Air sustains the living. Every creature breathes to live, exchanging and changing the atmosphere. Water and dust spin and rise, make clouds and fall again, fertilizing the dirt. Twenty thousand fungal spores and half a million bacteria travel in a square foot of summer air. The chemical sense of aphids, the ultraviolet sight of swifts, a newborn’s awareness of its mother’s breast―all take place in the medium of air.Ignorance of the air is costly. The artist Eva Hesse died of inhaling her fiberglass medium. Thousands were sickened after 9/11 by supposedly “safe” air. The African Sahel suffers drought in part because we fill the air with industrial dusts. With the passionate narrative style and wide-ranging erudition that have made William Bryant Logan’s work a touchstone for nature lovers and environmentalists, Air is―like the contents of a bag of seaborne dust that Darwin collected aboard the Beagle―a treasure trove of discovery. 20 illustrations
Editions
Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 20, 2012)
9780393067989 | details & prices | 398 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $26.95
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 1, 2013)
9780393345391 | details & prices | 398 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $16.95
About: The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth.
About: The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth.
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