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Caesar's Last Breath : Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean [KEAN, SAM] is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Guardian 's Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath , New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it. With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds on the Senate floor, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding; in fact, you're probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might well bear traces of Cleopatra's perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe's creation. Tracing the origins and ingredients of our atmosphere, Kean reveals how the alchemy of air reshaped our continents, steered human progress, powered revolutions, and continues to influence everything we

Who reads Caesar's Last Breath : Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us?

Author

Sam Kean [KEAN, SAM]

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316381635

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, History

Rating

4.26 / 5 (403 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14