Breathless

Why Air Pollution Matters – and How it Affects You

Chris Woodford

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01 June 2021

Mathematics & Sciences; Social impact of environmental issues

"An accessible and hard-hitting look at the facts behind air pollution in everyday life.

Take a deep breath. You'll do it 20,000 times a day. You assume all this air is clean; it's the very breath of life.

But in Delhi, the toxic smog is as bad for you as smoking 50 cigarettes a day. Even a few days in Paris, London or Rome is equivalent to two or three cigarettes. Air pollution is implicated in six of the top ten causes of death worldwide, including lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, and dementia. Breathless gives us clear facts about air pollution in our everyday lives, showing how it affects our bodies, how much of it occurs in unexpected places (indoors, inside your car), and how you can minimise the risks.

Rooted in the latest science, including real-time air-quality experiments in city streets and ordinary homes, it will allow you to make up your own mind about the risks and trade-offs of modern living - wherever in the world you are.

AUTHOR: Chris Woodford writes popular science and technology books for adults and children, including the bestselling ""Cool Stuff"" series for Dorling Kindersley and ""Atoms Under the Floorboards"" for Bloomsbury, which won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Prize for Books in 2016. He also writes the popular science education website Explain that Stuff. He studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University."

By: Chris Woodford
Imprint: Icon Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 444g
ISBN: 9781785787096
ISBN 10: 1785787098
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Chris Woodford has written and edited dozens of science education books, including the bestselling 'Cool Stuff' series. His previous titles include Cool Stuff & How it Works (DK, 2005), Science: A Children's Encyclopedia (DK, 2014), and Atoms Under the Floorboards (Bloomsbury, 2015).

Reviews for Breathless: Why Air Pollution Matters – and How it Affects You

'Full of scary information ... Bad air lowers life expectancy around the world and the insidious effects start early. If you're a 12-year-old growing up in London, dirty air (largely from traffic) is making it significantly more likely that you'll suffer from depression by the time you hit 18, Woodford states.' * The Independent, Books of the Month *