Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
by Sam Kean · first published 2017
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A round-the-globe journey through the periodic table explains how the air people breathe reflects the world's history, tracing the origins and ingredients of the atmosphere to explain air's role in reshaping continents, steering human progress, and powering revolutions.
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on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗Anyone liking this sort of thing should have a look at A Mathematicians Miscellany by Littlewood [1]. It is an exceptionally enjoyable collection of mathematical anecdotes and some such. It covers Caesar's Last Breath topic, but it also goes over the probabilities of highly unlikely events such as an upright drumstick not falling over during a long train ride. [1] http://www.archive.org/details/mathematiciansmi033496mbp
on “Julius Caesar's Last Breath” ↗Check out Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean. Far less interesting a read, an article about how many molecules of Beyonce's breath you inhale with each breath. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/12/beyonce-breath_n_6...
on “Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine” ↗