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*24504$aThe secret life of dust :$bfrom the cosmos to the kitchen counter, the big consequences of little things /$cHannah Holmes
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An armchair expedition that takes readers from the first moments of the Big Bang to the story of the birth of Earth then all around the planet, in order to introduce the science of dust and the many roles different types of dust play in the life of our planet.

• Acknowledgmentsp. IX
• Introductionp. 1
• The World in a Grain of Dustp. 5
• Life and Death among the Starsp. 14
• A Light and Intriguing Rain of Space Dustp. 27
• The (Deadly) Dust of Desertsp. 43
• A Steady Upward Rain of Dustp. 59
• Dust on the Wind Heeds No Bordersp. 80
• Did Dust Do In the Ice Age?p. 98
• A Steady Downward Rain of Dustp. 118
• A Few Unsavory Characters from the Neighborhoodp. 140
• Microscopic Monsters and Other Indoor Devilsp. 164
• Dust to Dustp. 193
• Web Sitesp. 205
• Bibliographyp. 211
• Indexp. 229