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Author McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.), author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents 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.
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.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry.
Chemical elements. (OCoLC)fst00852883
Periodic law. (OCoLC)fst01058059
Periodic table of the elements. (OCoLC)fst01910008
(DE-588)4070177-3 Cytologie.
(DE-588)4009816-3 Chemie.
(DE-588)4006777-4 Biochemie.
(DE-588)4125872-1 Periodensystem.
(DE-588)4076577-5 Redoxpotenzial.
(DE-588)4004296-0 Bakterien.
(DE-588)4139254-1 Sonnenstrahlung.
(DE-588)4064689-0 Wasser.
(DE-588)4034831-3 Leben.
(DE-588)4174149-3 Phasendiagramm.
(DE-588)4025104-4 Historische Geologie.
(DE-588)4174591-7 Phylogenetik.
(DE-588)4179203-8 Sauerstoffhaushalt.
(DE-588)4474749-4 Hydrothermalquelle.
(DE-588)4141615-6 Aggregatzustand.
(DE-588)4129066-5 Meeresboden.
(DE-588)4347104-3 Serpentinit.
(DE-588)4038950-9 Meteorit.
(DE-588)4076110-1 Phylogenie.
(DE-588)4169641-4 Metall-Wasserstoff-System.
(DE-588)4160950-5 Hydrothermalsynthese.
(DE-588)4045981-0 Physiologie.
(DE-588)4206141-6 Vesikel.
(DE-588)4031624-5 Koexistenz.
(DE-588)4113450-3 Entwicklung.
(DE-588)4014002-7 Eisen.
(DE-588)4044375-9 Paläontologie.
(DE-588)4142205-3 Aminosäuren.
(DE-588)4160918-9 Hydrolyse.
(DE-588)4192772-2 Stromatolith.
(DE-588)4031648-8 Kohlendioxid.
(DE-588)4128915-8 Magnesium.
Other Form: Print version: McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.). World from dust. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016] 9780190275013 (DLC) 2016002637 (OCoLC)925500017
ISBN 9780190275020 (electronic book)
0190275022 (electronic book)
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