Main entry:

Connor, Steven, 1955-

Title & Author:

The matter of air : science and the art of the ethereal / Steven Connor.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, ©2010.

Description:

374 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taking to the air -- pt. 1. Elaborations. A very beautiful pneumatic machinery -- Inebriate of air -- Gasworks -- Transported shiver of bodies : weighing ether -- pt. 2. Atmospherics . Haze -- Atmospherics -- A grave in the air -- pt. 3. Absolute levity. Air's exaltation -- The fizziness business.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Architecture and/for the Environment", 2017-2019, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Drawing ideas from religion, science, art, literature, and philosophy, this book provides a comprehensive history of the human perception of air over the last three centuries. Topics explored include our modern concern over emissions and climate change, the dangers posed by radio atmospherics, poison gas, and haze, as well as our continued fascination with effervescence and explosives.

ISBN:

9781861897664 (hbk.)
1861897669 (hbk.)

Subject:

Air History.
Air Social aspects.
Air quality.
Air Pollution.
Air in literature.
Air Histoire.
Air Aspect social.
Air Qualité.
Air dans la littérature.
air quality.
air pollution.
Air.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296855
Call No.: BIB 243173
Status: Available