Secret Life of Dust From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things

Name: Secret Life of Dust From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things
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ISBN: 9781630262273

ISBN-10: 1630262277

ISBN-13: 9781630262273

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Authors: Hannah Holmes

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Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty worldSome see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air--the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales from butterfly wings, shreds of T-shirts, and fireplace soot. Eventually, though, all this dust must settle.The story of restless dust begins among exploding stars, then treks through the dinosaur beds of the Gobi Desert, drills into Antarctic…

Book details

List price: $38.99
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Size: 6.39" wide x 9.46" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English