The Resource Air : the restless shaper of the world, William Bryant Logan
Air : the restless shaper of the world, William Bryant Logan
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The item Air : the restless shaper of the world, William Bryant Logan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 398 pages
- Contents
-
- Floating. Darwin's dust ; The spore sucker ; Where fungi are ; Splash, fire, blow, fling ; The ergot of the rye ; Lifted, lofted, and living ; The pollen rain ; Invisible cities ; Is the furniture poison? ; The air after 9/11
- Spinning. Weaving ; Vortices ; Ground truth ; El Greco's clouds ; The big mistake ; The forecasters ; The weather on D-Day ; Forcing ; The winds ; Firestorm
- Flying. Dragged aloft ; Saab in flight ; The common crane ; Stall practice ; The bat, the bee, the bar-headed goose ; The lee wave ; The wind riders ; What now?
- Telling. The wilderness of pheromones ; Mother and child communion ; Allure ; The atmosphere of the beloved ; Zooming in ; Aphids in the invisible world ; The bolas spider
- Calling. What is sound? ; Parrot duets ; The answered question ; Nothing in it but what goes through it ; Enchanted ; Sonata form and chaos ; The Aeolian harp
- Breathing. The tarpon's breath ; Fenchel's dance ; The quantity of breath ; Fogging the mirror ; Shall these bones live?
- Shining. Why the daytime sky is light ; There is only one sun ; The sap rising ; The air is a slow cold flame
- Isbn
- 9780393067989
- Label
- Air : the restless shaper of the world
- Title
- Air
- Title remainder
- the restless shaper of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- William Bryant Logan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Examines the science of the air we breathe and how the smallest molecular changes in composition can make the difference between life and death
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Logan, William Bryant
- Dewey number
- 551.5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC866
- LC item number
- .L64 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Air
- Air
- Atmosphere
- Label
- Air : the restless shaper of the world, William Bryant Logan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Floating. Darwin's dust ; The spore sucker ; Where fungi are ; Splash, fire, blow, fling ; The ergot of the rye ; Lifted, lofted, and living ; The pollen rain ; Invisible cities ; Is the furniture poison? ; The air after 9/11 -- Spinning. Weaving ; Vortices ; Ground truth ; El Greco's clouds ; The big mistake ; The forecasters ; The weather on D-Day ; Forcing ; The winds ; Firestorm -- Flying. Dragged aloft ; Saab in flight ; The common crane ; Stall practice ; The bat, the bee, the bar-headed goose ; The lee wave ; The wind riders ; What now? -- Telling. The wilderness of pheromones ; Mother and child communion ; Allure ; The atmosphere of the beloved ; Zooming in ; Aphids in the invisible world ; The bolas spider -- Calling. What is sound? ; Parrot duets ; The answered question ; Nothing in it but what goes through it ; Enchanted ; Sonata form and chaos ; The Aeolian harp -- Breathing. The tarpon's breath ; Fenchel's dance ; The quantity of breath ; Fogging the mirror ; Shall these bones live? -- Shining. Why the daytime sky is light ; There is only one sun ; The sap rising ; The air is a slow cold flame
- Control code
- 755704968
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 398 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393067989
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012013823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- Air : the restless shaper of the world, William Bryant Logan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-384) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Floating. Darwin's dust ; The spore sucker ; Where fungi are ; Splash, fire, blow, fling ; The ergot of the rye ; Lifted, lofted, and living ; The pollen rain ; Invisible cities ; Is the furniture poison? ; The air after 9/11 -- Spinning. Weaving ; Vortices ; Ground truth ; El Greco's clouds ; The big mistake ; The forecasters ; The weather on D-Day ; Forcing ; The winds ; Firestorm -- Flying. Dragged aloft ; Saab in flight ; The common crane ; Stall practice ; The bat, the bee, the bar-headed goose ; The lee wave ; The wind riders ; What now? -- Telling. The wilderness of pheromones ; Mother and child communion ; Allure ; The atmosphere of the beloved ; Zooming in ; Aphids in the invisible world ; The bolas spider -- Calling. What is sound? ; Parrot duets ; The answered question ; Nothing in it but what goes through it ; Enchanted ; Sonata form and chaos ; The Aeolian harp -- Breathing. The tarpon's breath ; Fenchel's dance ; The quantity of breath ; Fogging the mirror ; Shall these bones live? -- Shining. Why the daytime sky is light ; There is only one sun ; The sap rising ; The air is a slow cold flame
- Control code
- 755704968
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xiv, 398 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393067989
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012013823
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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