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Index
About the Book
Contents
Title Page
Epigraph
Introduction: The Last Breath
I. Making Air: Our First Four Atmospheres
Chapter One: Earth’s Early Air
Interlude: The Exploding Lake
Chapter Two: The Devil in the Air
Interlude: Welding a Dangerous Weapon
Chapter Three: The Curse and Blessing of Oxygen
Interlude: Hotter Than the Dickens
II. Harnessing Air: The Human Relationship with Air
Chapter Four: The Wonder-Working Gas of Delight
Interlude: Le Pétomane
Chapter Five: Controlled Chaos
Interlude: Steeling Yourself for Tragedy
Chapter Six: Into the Blue
Interlude: Night Lights
III. Frontiers: The New Heavens
Chapter Seven: The Fallout of Fallout
Interlude: Albert Einstein and the People’s Fridge
Chapter Eight: Weather Wars
Interlude: Rumbles from Roswell
Chapter Nine: Putting on Alien Airs
Acknowledgements
Notes and Miscellanea
Works Cited
Index
About the Author
Also by Sam Kean
Copyright
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