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Genre/Form: | Trivia and miscellanea Miscellanea Miscellanées |
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Material Type: | Audio book, etc. |
Document Type: | Sound Recording |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Hannah Holmes |
OCLC Number: | 52006947 |
Notes: | Originally published: New York : Wiley, ©2001. |
Description: | 1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in. |
Contents: | The world in a grain of dust -- Life and death among the stars -- A light and intriguing rain of space dust -- The (deadly) dust of deserts -- A steady, upward rain of dust -- Dust on the wind heeds no borders -- Did dust do-in the Ice Age? -- A steady, downward rain of dust -- A few unsavory characters from the neighborhood -- Microscopic monsters and other indoor devils -- Dust to dust. |
Responsibility: | Hannah Holmes. |
Abstract:
Some see dust as dull stuff, useless at best, and sneeze-inducing at worst. But [in this book, the author] says dust is a messenger, and air is its medium ... The story of restless dust begins among exploding stars, then treks through the dinosaur beds of the Gobi Desert, digs into Antarctic glaciers - and probes the dark underbelly of the living-room couch. [This book introduces the reader to] the scientists who study dust. Some investigate its dark side: how it killed off dinosaurs and how its industrial descendents are killing us today. Others sample the shower of Saharan dust that nourishes Caribbean jungles; and still others venture into the microscopic jungle of the bedroom carpet.-Dust jacket.
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