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Air: Nature and Culture (Record no. 7632)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781780232560
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 304.2
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Personal name Adey, Peter
9 (RLIN) 382095
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Title Air: Nature and Culture
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Reaktion Books;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 14 Aug 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 224 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Air has always been essential to life, from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the forests and gigantic insects of the Carboniferous age some 300 million years ago to the air that fuels the most important technologies today. We are immersed in a great ocean of air; from internal combustion and jet engines to modern cities with artificial climates, air is remarkable because it is so widespread and at the same time so intimate. But by managing and manipulating air as a natural resource, humans have been taken to the limits of their survival at the extreme situations of high-altitude mountain peaks and the lows of subterranean worlds. Yet rarely are we aware of air and its incredible properties. Air is an innovative cultural and scientific history that focuses on our attempts to understand air, to engineer and grapple with it, to make sense of it and find meaning in it. For as essential as air has been to our philosophical, scientific and technological pursuits, Peter Adey shows that it is through air that the artistic and literary imagination has been lifted. Exploring the work of established figures such as Marie Curie, Joseph Priestley and John Scott Haldane, as well as lesser-known pioneers, and including perspectives from painting, literature and poetry, this richly illustrated book will appeal to anyone interested in the science as well as the culture of this pervasive, often unregarded yet vital substance.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element The environment
9 (RLIN) 382096
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Human geography
9 (RLIN) 382097
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Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Science 30/07/2016   304.2 PKLC006557 20/09/2016 30/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17  
Withdrawn   Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Science 16/05/2016   304.2 PKLC011262 16/05/2016 16/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 For Sale