Book Review – Caesar’s Last Breath

Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

For something we’d all die without in minutes, air is easy enough to ignore. And yet as Sam Kean demonstrates, there’s no end of fascinating history associated with the gasses that fill our lungs every minute of every day. Starting with how the earth managed to have any nitrogen or oxygen at all, he moves through the elaborate twists and turns of the discoveries and early uses of each component element. With his delightfully casual writing style, the author combines important moments with interesting digressions.

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