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A world from dust how the periodic table shaped life /
The stacked boxes in the Periodic Table of the Elements hold surprises. These elements tell a story that gives a hidden order to chemistry, geology, biology, and even history. Ben McFarland traces billions of years of evolution, beginning with math and ending with us. In this story, the periodic tab...
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Arsenic life? -- Predicting the chemistry inside a cell -- Unfolding the periodic table -- The triple-point planet -- Seven chemical clues to first life -- Wheels within wheels -- The risk and reward of sunlight -- One step back, two steps forward -- Cracked open and knit together by oxygen -- The return of the exiled elements -- How chemistry shaped history -- A familiar refrain. | |
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