The bends : compressed air in the history of science, diving, and engineering /

The bends : compressed air in the history of science, diving, and engineering /

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Author / Creator:	Phillips, John L., 1965-
Imprint:	New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Description:	ix, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Compressed air. Decompression Sickness. Compressed air.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3167397

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Other authors / contributors:	Rosenberg, Charles E., donor.
ISBN:	0300071256 9780300071252
Provenance:	Presented by Charles E. Rosenberg, August 2017.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Summary:	This book is a wide-ranging history of the wonders compressed air brought about and the suffering its unknown hazards inflicted. John L. Phillips explores the intertwining roles of science, technology, engineering, medicine, and politics in the invention of compressed air, the recognition and identification of decompression sickness, and the hundred-year-long process of learning to understand and treat the bends.

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Call Number:	TJ985.P46 1998
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