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Author McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.)

Title A world from dust : how the periodic table shaped life / Ben McFarland ; illustrations by Gala Bent and Mary Anderson.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  541.9 M165w 2016    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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 table helps us see new things. These events come alive in 40 original illustrations by print artist Gala Bent and medical illustrator Mary Anderson.-- book jacket.
Subject Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements.
Chemical elements. (OCoLC)fst00852883
Periodic law. (OCoLC)fst01058059
Periodic table of the elements. (OCoLC)fst01910008
Added Author Bent, Gala, illustrator.
Anderson, Mary, illustrator.
ISBN 9780190275013 (hbk.)
0190275014 (hbk.)

 
    
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