An Ocean of Air. A Natural History of the Atmosphere, Paperback/Gabrielle Walker

We not only live in the air, we live because of it. At ground level air transforms miraculously; it wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth, while the outer layer of our atmosphere soaks up violent flares from the sun. This book traces a journey of scientific discovery from the first experiments in the Renaissance to findings in space. Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Author(s): Gabrielle Walker Illustration(s): Illustrations Number of pages: 336 Publication date: 2008 Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 Cover type: Paperback / softback