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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements.
Éléments chimiques.
Loi périodique.
Classification périodique des éléments.
periodic table.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.
Cytologie
Chemie
Biochemie
Periodensystem
Redoxpotenzial
Bakterien
Sonnenstrahlung
Wasser
Leben
Phasendiagramm
Historische Geologie
Phylogenetik
Sauerstoffhaushalt
Hydrothermalquelle
Aggregatzustand
Meeresboden
Serpentinit
Meteorit
Phylogenie
Metall-Wasserstoff-System
Hydrothermalsynthese
Physiologie
Vesikel
Koexistenz
Entwicklung
Eisen
Paläontologie
Aminosäuren
Hydrolyse
Stromatolith
Kohlendioxid
Magnesium
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Arsenic life?
  • Predicting the chemistry inside a cell
  • Unfolding the periodic table
  • The triple-point planet
  • Seven chemical clues to first lfie
  • Wheels within wheels
  • The risk and areward 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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