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CAESAR'S LAST BREATH
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
In CAESAR’S LAST BREATH Sam Kean retells the history of the world via the gases in every breath we take, infusing it with vivid detail, imagination and wit that we’ve all come to know and love.
Air is the single most important thing in your environment right now. You can survive without food, without solids, for weeks. You can survive without water, without liquids, for days. Without air, without gases, you'll last a few minutes at most. And yet, we spend so little time thinking about it.
Fortunately, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean is taking us on a journey through the periodic table once again to help us understand the air we breathe, this time telling stories ranging from Cleopatra's perfumes and Nazi mustard gas to medical anesthesia and neon lights.
CAESAR'S LAST BREATH aims to expand our minds as surely as we expand our lungs during our fullest, deepest breaths. Pure air is colorless and (ideally) odorless, and by itself it sounds like nothing. That doesn't mean it's mute, or that it has no voice—it's actually burning to tell its story.
Fortunately, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean is taking us on a journey through the periodic table once again to help us understand the air we breathe, this time telling stories ranging from Cleopatra's perfumes and Nazi mustard gas to medical anesthesia and neon lights.
CAESAR'S LAST BREATH aims to expand our minds as surely as we expand our lungs during our fullest, deepest breaths. Pure air is colorless and (ideally) odorless, and by itself it sounds like nothing. That doesn't mean it's mute, or that it has no voice—it's actually burning to tell its story.
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Published 2017-07-18 by Little Brown |
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Published 2017-07-18 by Little Brown |