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Symphony in C : carbon and the evolution of (almost) everything / Robert M. Hazen.

By: Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]Copyright date: 2019Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393609431
  • 039360943X
Other title:
  • Carbon and the evolution of (almost) everything
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 577/.144 23
LOC classification:
  • QD181.C1 H39 2019
Summary: "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, carbon atoms can also bring about disease and even death. At once ubiquitous and mysterious, carbon holds the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. Where did Earth come from? What will ultimately become of it--and of us? With poetic storytelling, earth scientist Robert M. Hazen explores the universe to discover the past, present, and future of life's most essential element." --Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QD181 .C1 .H39 2019 1 Available 50583020009027
Total holds: 0

"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, carbon atoms can also bring about disease and even death. At once ubiquitous and mysterious, carbon holds the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. Where did Earth come from? What will ultimately become of it--and of us? With poetic storytelling, earth scientist Robert M. Hazen explores the universe to discover the past, present, and future of life's most essential element." --Amazon.com.

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