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A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world. Some see dirt as dull stuff, inadequate at best, and sneeze-inducing at most severe. But in the hands of article writer Hannah Holmes, dirt becomes a dazzling and mysterious force. As Holmes says, dirt is a messenger, and air is its medium. And by the end of this interesting quest through The Top secret Life of Particles, we cannot help but consent. Humble dirt, we discover, built the world we walk upon. It tinkers with the elements and it spices the air we breathe. Vast amounts of tons of tiny particles rise into the air yearly - the dirt of deserts and neglected kings blending with volcanic ash, sea sodium, leaf fragments, scales from butterfly wings, shreds of T-shirts, and fire place soot. And eventually, of course, all of this dust must negotiate. The storyline of restless dirt begins among exploding superstars, then treks through the dinosaur beds of the Gobi Desert, digs into Antarctic glaciers - and probes the dark underbelly of the living-room sofa. And there is good company on this quest: Holmes gathers for us a wonderful, and, by requirement, highly inventive, ensemble of characters - the scientists who study dirt. Some investigate its dark part: how it killed off dinosaurs and how its professional descendants are killing us today. Others sample the shower of Saharan dirt that nourishes Caribbean jungles; still others project into the microscopic jungle of the bedroom carpet. Like The Secret Life of Particles, all of them unveil the mayhem - and the powerful - wrought by little things.
