: A one-eyed barnstorming pilot discovered invisible "rivers of air" five miles above the Earth that blow with hurricane force.
: Reclusive genius Oliver Heaviside predicted a "mirror in the sky"—a layer of electrically charged metal that allows radio signals to bounce around the globe, a discovery that would later aid in the rescue of the Titanic. The Human Side of Discovery An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other M...
25+ Copies Paperback An Ocean Of Air (Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere) by Gabrielle Walker, 9780156034142 : A one-eyed barnstorming pilot discovered invisible "rivers
The book details how humanity gradually understood the complex layers above our heads: To illustrate its mass, the air filling a
: Renaissance scientist Evangelista Torricelli, a disciple of Galileo, was the first to realize we live "submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air". To illustrate its mass, the air filling a space like Carnegie Hall weighs approximately 70,000 pounds .