Symphony in C
Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
Seiten
2020
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35862-9 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-35862-9 (ISBN)
A Science News Favorite Book of 2019
An earth scientist reveals the dynamic biography of the most resonant—and most necessary—chemical element on Earth.
Carbon. It’s in the fibers in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat, and the air that you breathe. It’s worth billions of dollars as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries about the element that can be both diamond and coal. Where does it come from, what does it do, and why, above all, does life need it? With poetic storytelling, Robert M. Hazen leads us on a global journey through the origin and evolution of life’s most essential and ubiquitous element.
An earth scientist reveals the dynamic biography of the most resonant—and most necessary—chemical element on Earth.
Carbon. It’s in the fibers in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat, and the air that you breathe. It’s worth billions of dollars as a luxury and half a trillion as a necessity, but there are still mysteries about the element that can be both diamond and coal. Where does it come from, what does it do, and why, above all, does life need it? With poetic storytelling, Robert M. Hazen leads us on a global journey through the origin and evolution of life’s most essential and ubiquitous element.
Robert M. Hazen, a geoscientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, is the author of Symphony in C, among other titles. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.10.2020 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 8 pages of color illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 211 mm |
| Gewicht | 236 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-35862-3 / 0393358623 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-35862-9 / 9780393358629 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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