By Mark Miodownik

A rollicking guided tour of the secret lives of gases: the magnificent, strange, and fascinating substances that shape our world.  In It's a Gas, bestselling materials scientist Mark Miodownik chronicles twelve gases and technologies that shaped human history. From hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and neon to laughing gas, steam, and even wind, the story of gases is the story of the space where science and belief collide, and of the elusive limits of human understanding."