Caesar's Last Breath : Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us (Hardcover)

from drmaf

Another excellent, whimsical and poetic example of popular science about the everyday. I loved The Disappearing Spoon, and while I didnt find this quite as absorbing, it was still a mesmerising tour de force. Keon starts by telling us that everytime we breath a few molecules of the last breath Ca...

from lostinalibrary

We all get annoyed when someone doesn't cover their mouth when they cough for fear that we will inhale whatever they are spewing into the air around us. But, according to Sam Kean, when we breathe, we not only inhale the air of those near us right now but, in fact, every breath we take connects u...

from hhornblower

Sam Kean never fails to entertain and educate, all at the same time. This books explains the air we breath and how it came about and evolved into that(mostly) beautiful mass of gas that keeps us alive. Great stuff. As will all of Mr. Kean's other books, you absolutely MUST take the time to read "...

from meandmybooks

Good, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I have his previous books. Maybe those other topics - the elements, genetics, the human brain - are just more interesting to me than "gases." "Air" is just such an ... amorphous topic, and the organization here felt very random. As always, Kean tells ...

from nbmars

Sam Kean is a writer of books that discuss scientific discoveries in a relatable and entertaining style. Four of his books, The Violinist's Thumb, The Disappearing Spoon, The Tale of The Dueling Neurosurgeons, and this one: Caesar's Last Breath, were all named as Amazon's top science book of the ...