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Author Walker, Gabrielle.

Title An ocean of air : why the wind blows and other mysteries of the atmosphere / Gabrielle Walker.

Publication Info. Orlando : Harcourt, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  551.5 WAL    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.5 W152    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  551.509 WALKER    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  551.5 WAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.5 W15    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  551.5 WALKER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  551.509 WALKER    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  551.509 WALKER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  551.5 WA    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-261) and index.
Contents Prologue -- pt. 1. Comfort blanket -- ch. 1. The ocean above us -- ch. 2. Elixir of life -- ch. 3. Food and warmth -- ch 4. Blowing in the wind -- pt. 2. Sheltering sky -- ch. 5. The hole story -- ch. 6. Mirror in the sky -- ch. 7. The final frontier -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Suggestions for further reading -- Endnotes -- Index.
Subject Atmosphere -- History.
Air -- History.
Science -- History.
ISBN 9780151011247
0151011249
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