Symphony in C : carbon and the evolution of (almost) everything /
Carbon is everywhere, in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It's with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet, and we are carbon life. No other element is so central to our well-being, yet, when missing or misaligned, c...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Silence
- Movement 1, Earth : carbon, the element of crystals
- Movement 2, Air : carbon, the element of cycles
- Movement 3, Fire : carbon, the element of stuff
- Movement 4, Water : carbon, the element of life
- Finale : earth, air, fire, and water.