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"a gifted writer, Holmes turns a seemingly unremarkable substance into the stuff of a great story." (BookPage August 2001) "A fascinating journey into the unseen flecks that underpin our world and those beyond." (Peter Tyson Author of The Eighth Continent) "Holmes is a science writer to watch. Who ever thought dust could so shine?" (Kirkus Reviews) "...a great read..." (Focus, November 2001) "It's an entertaining little book ... After reading the Secret Life of Dust, the fluff in your vacuum cleaner will never look quite the same again". (New Scientist, 15 September 2001) "...an eye opening plunge into a fascinating, nearly invisible world." (www discover.com 20 December 2001) "...Holmes on dust is riveting..." (New Scientist, 22 June 2002) "...an unusual perspective on things we don't notice..." (The Sunday Times (Culture Supplement) 23 June 2002) "...it might just be fodder for your duster, but a new book, The Secret life of Dust, shows that theere's a lot more to those annoying little specks than we think..." (Scotland's Weekly News, 2 November 2002)
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Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world Some 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 glaciers, filters living dusts from the wind, and probes the dark underbelly of the living-room couch. Along the way, Holmes introduces a delightful cast of characters-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, or venture into the microscopic jungle of the bedroom carpet. Like The Secret Life of Dust, however, all of them unveil the mayhem and magic wrought by little things. Hannah Holmes (Portland, ME) is a science and natural history writer for the Discovery Channel Online. Her freelance work has been widely published, appearing in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Outside, Sierra, National Geographic Traveler, and Escape. Her broadcast work has been featured on Living on Earth and the Discovery Channel Online's Science Live.
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- Año de publicación2002
- ISBN 10 0471377430
- ISBN 13 9780471377436
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