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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Main Author: McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.)
Other Authors: Bent, Gala (Illustrator), Anderson, Mary (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Physical Description:
xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements.
Contents:
  • 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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