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Air: Nature and Culture
Peter Adey
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Description for Air: Nature and Culture
Paperback. A unique, richly illustrated account of our interaction with air through history, which covers science, literature, art and poetry. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: RGC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Earth
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780232560
SKU
V9781780232560
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Peter Adey
Peter Adey is professor of human geography in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. His previous books include Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects (2010) and Mobility (2009).
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