Yes, it's in the air we breathe. That's just one of the lesser revelations in Sam Kean's eye-opening and thoroughly enjoyable new survey, Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us. As the title will suggest to the careful reader, the central conceit in Kean's book is that "roughly one particle of [the last breath Julius Caesar took after he was stabbed] will appear in your next breath."/5(). · 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. · Like all good pop-science books, Caesar's Last Breath strives to strike a balance between erudition and approachability. For the most part, Kean breezes through each Author: Jason Heller.
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Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath. Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us (Hardcover) Published July 18th by Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Sam Kean. 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.
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