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What is air? You don't think about air or even perceive it unless it has changed from its usual state.

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CHOICE Review

From balloons and bubble-like buildings to windmills and weather, the configuration of this book places it squarely within the recent genre of discursive works that toss together information from disparate subjects. The conjunction here is among science, mythology, painting, technology, drawing, photography, history of science, illustration, and (real or imagined) architecture and design--virtually anything that may be remotely related to air. As such, the book is difficult to digest, yet a pleasure to peruse. The color images are stunning: the photos, whether of atmospheric phenomena or architectural structures, are often breathtaking, and the layouts, sometimes with multiple images on a page, are imaginative and provocative. A considerable aggregate of the visual material is drawn from recent art, architecture, and design (e.g., inflatable furniture). One may question, however, the merit of quoting seemingly random scientific facts taken out of context and without sufficient background information. Correspondingly, the same may be said of random images from art. An error in the identification of Plato's solids is disconcerting (the cube was identified with earth and the dodecahedron with aether). As implied in the title Air/Luft, the text is bilingual (English/German). ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. D. Topper University of Winnipeg