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Gasp!: The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air
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Gasp!: The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air Hardback - 2004

by Joe Sherman

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From a baby's first breath--that universal and fundamental entry into life outside the womb--air is taken for granted. Joe Sherman's The Book of Air is an entertaining investigation of air and the discoveries of how it works in the body and in our world.


Inhale, and learn about the difference between your aerobic capacity and Lance Armstrong's; exhale, and follow the observation and science of the atmosphere from Aristotle to Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen; hold your breath and investigate why over the last two centuries air has transformed from something marvelous into something menacing. In The Book of Air, Joe Sherman blends the history and myths of air, together with its environmental and physiological effects, into a rich and sometimes troubling account of what gives us our life force.

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Life needs air.

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  • Title Gasp!: The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air
  • Author Joe Sherman
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint LLC, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
  • Publication date August 30, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781593760250 / 1593760256
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.34 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.40 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Air, Atmosphere
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004011662
  • Dewey Decimal Code 551.5

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Joe Sherman lives in Montgomery, Vermont, near the Canadian border. He is the author of other books, including The House of Shelburne and In the Rings of Saturn.

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