Download or read book Thirteenth Labor written by Eric J . Chaisson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-07-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is emerged from an insightful essay by the American Nobel chemist Dudley Herschbach, speculating about how the mythological Hercules might have tackled a hypothetical, monumental task, or "thirteenth labor," such as weighing the Earth's atmosphere.