{"product_id":"airborne-the-hidden-history-of-the-life-we-breathe-9781035023462","title":"Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eAir-Borne is a captivating journey through the living atmosphere, exploring the history of its discovery and the dark side of aerobiology. Carl Zimmer chronicles the discovery of invisible life in the air, from Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh to NASA scientists. He also reveals the dark side of aerobiology, with the United States and the Soviet Union building arsenals of biological weapons. Air-Borne prompts us to look at the world with new eyes, as a place where the oceans and forests loft trillions of cells into the air, where microbes eat clouds, and where life soars thousands of miles on the wind. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 05 June 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take – James Nestor,bestselling author of  Breath    Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne  will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around us  – Ed Yong,bestselling author of  An Immense World   --------------------------------------   Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air – and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere,the air teems with invisible life.   In  Air-Borne ,award-winning  New York Times  columnist and Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Carl Zimmer leads us on an odyssey through the living atmosphere and through the history of its discovery. We follow Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh above the clouds,where they conducted groundbreaking experiments,and meet NASA scientists who send balloons even higher,to search for life in the stratosphere.  Zimmer chronicles the dark side of aerobiology with gripping accounts of how the United States and the Soviet Union clandestinely built arsenals of biological weapons designed to spread anthrax and smallpox.  Air-Borne  prompts us to look at the world with new eyes – as a place where the oceans and forests loft trillions of cells into the air,where microbes eat clouds,and where life soars thousands of miles on the wind.  Weaving together spellbinding history with the latest reporting on airborne threats to global health,this masterwork makes visible an invisible world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 730g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 164 x 242 x 43 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781035023462\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carl Zimmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47389544153338,"sku":"9781035023462","price":17.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1749236417700_book.jpg?v=1749279391","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/airborne-the-hidden-history-of-the-life-we-breathe-9781035023462","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}