It's A Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World

The New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters presents a rollicking guided tour through the history of technology and the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.

Gases are all around us—they fill our lungs, power our movement, create stars, and warm our atmosphere. Often invisible and sometimes odorless, these ubiquitous substances—the focus of this fascinating work of popular science—are also the least understood materials i...