An edition of A light history of hot air (2007)

A light history of hot air

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A light history of hot air
Peter Charles Doherty
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An edition of A light history of hot air (2007)

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From a life lived on three continents, Doherty has collected a vast repertoire of information on illumination, hot air and burning, and presented it in a narrative written with great style, intimate with stories, concerned with the world around him, and the simple beauty of science.

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English
Pages
302

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A light history of hot air
2007, Melbourne University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Floating in air
Alphabet soup
Life, gas and hydrocarbons
Soaring with eagles
Burnt by the sun
Iron horses and balladeers
Hearth and home
The iceman cometh
Night lights
Imagining the Red Baron
Beacons
Tall ships, black gangs, 'bully' wars
Firefighters
The hot air diet
Becks and Bleak house
Political hot air
Flying the Concorde
Heating the planet
Abbreviations, terminology and coversions.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 274-284.

Published in
Carlton, Vic

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Dewey Decimal Class
902

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 302 p.
Number of pages
302

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL49956817M
ISBN 10
0522854079
ISBN 13
9780522854077
OCLC/WorldCat
225591871

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