The secret life of dust : from the cosmos to the kitchen counter, the big consequences of little things / Hannah Holmes.

New York : Wiley, [2001], ©2001.

ix, 240 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index.

Introduction -- The world in a grain of dust -- Life and death among the stars -- A light and intriguing rain of space dust -- The (deadly) dust of deserts -- A steady, upward rain of dust -- Dust on the wind heeds no borders -- Did dust do-in the Ice Age? -- A steady, downward rain of dust -- A few unsavory characters from the neighborhood -- Microscopic monsters and other indoor devils -- Dust to dust -- Web sites -- Notes -- Index [TK].