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A look at dust and its role in the universe discusses its role in the extinction of the dinosaurs and in promoting human illness, its beneficial qualities, the microscopic jungle that exists in the bedroom carpet, and the scientists who study dust in allits forms and functions.
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"You will never again look disparagingly upon dust. Hannah Holmes has written my favorite kind of book?one that takes a seemingly mundane subject and trumpets its significance in our lives not only on Earth, but in the Heavens."?? Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson, Director, Hayden Planetarium and author of One Universe: At Home in the Cosmo "Hannah Holmes is a science writer to watch. Who ever thought dust could so shine?"?? Kirkus Review
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