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It's a Gas

- The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World
Af: Mark Miodownik Engelsk Paperback

It's a Gas

- The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World
Af: Mark Miodownik Engelsk Paperback
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''A delight'' Dara O Briain

''A witty, smart writer who has a great talent'' Bill Gates

Why are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It''s a Gas, Mark Miodownik masterfully reveals an invisible world through his unique brand of scientific storytelling.

Taking us back to that exhilarating – and often dangerous – moment when scientists tried to work out exactly what they had discovered, Miodownik shows that gases are the formative substances of our modern world, each with its own weird and wonderful personality.

We see how seventeenth-century laughing gas parties led to the first use of anaesthetics in surgery, how the invention of the air valve in musical instruments gave us bicycles, cars and trainers, and how gases made us masters of the sea (by huge steamships) and skies (via extremely flammable balloons). This delight of a book reveals the immense importance of gases to modern civilisation.

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''A delight'' Dara O Briain

''A witty, smart writer who has a great talent'' Bill Gates

Why are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It''s a Gas, Mark Miodownik masterfully reveals an invisible world through his unique brand of scientific storytelling.

Taking us back to that exhilarating – and often dangerous – moment when scientists tried to work out exactly what they had discovered, Miodownik shows that gases are the formative substances of our modern world, each with its own weird and wonderful personality.

We see how seventeenth-century laughing gas parties led to the first use of anaesthetics in surgery, how the invention of the air valve in musical instruments gave us bicycles, cars and trainers, and how gases made us masters of the sea (by huge steamships) and skies (via extremely flammable balloons). This delight of a book reveals the immense importance of gases to modern civilisation.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 304
ISBN-13: 9780241985595
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0241985595
Kategori: Gassers fysik
Udg. Dato: 27 feb 2025
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 27 feb 2025
Forfatter(e): Mark Miodownik
Forfatter(e) Mark Miodownik


Kategori Gassers fysik


ISBN-13 9780241985595


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 304


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 27 feb 2025


Oplagsdato 27 feb 2025


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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