Thin Air
The book that sparked ‘Thin Air’
This piece was inspired by Gabrielle Walker’s book An Ocean of Air. A substantial amount of the information was also taken from that book. Other sources are listed below.
The Zen story of the fish and the water
- Zen and the Ocean https://taoism.net/stories/tao_ocean.htm
- Wonderful Story : The Fish and The Water http://vendyxiao.com/wonderful-story-the-fish-and-the-water/
- Fish don’t know they’re in water http://sivers.org/fish
On Capillary action
- What is Capillary Action? (with pictures) https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-capillary-action.htm
- 11.4: Intermolecular Forces in Action: Surface Tension, Viscosity, and Capillary Action https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/General_Chemistry/Map%3A_A_Molecular_Approach_(Tro)/11%3A_Liquids%2C_Solids%2C_and_Intermolecular_Forces/11.04%3A_Intermolecular_Forces_in_Action%3A_Surface_Tension%2C_Viscosity%2C_and_Capillary_Action