Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
A Science News Favorite Book of 2019 An earth scientist reveals the dynamic biography of the most resonant--and most necessary--chemical element on Earth.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780393609448
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=7170553
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Prologue -- Silence -- Movement I-Earth: Carbon, the Element of Crystals -- Prelude-Before Earth -- Exposition-Earth Emerges and Evolves -- Development-Deep Earth Carbon -- Recapitulation-Carbon Worlds -- Coda-Unanswered Questions -- Movement II-Air: Carbon, the Element of Cycles -- Introduction-Before Air -- Arioso-The Origin of Earth's Atmosphere -- Intermezzo-The Deep Carbon Cycle -- Arioso, da Capo-Atmospheric Change -- Coda-The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable -- Movement III-Fire: Carbon, the Element of Stuff -- Introduction-Material World -- Scherzo-Useful Stuff -- Trio-Nano Stuff -- Scherzo, da Capo-Stories -- Coda-Music -- Movement IV-Water: Carbon, the Element of Life -- Introduction-The Primeval Earth -- Exposition-Origins of Life -- Development-Life Evolving (Theme and Variations) -- Recapitulation-The Human Carbon Cycle -- Finale-Earth, Air, Fire, and Water -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Also by Robert M. Hazen -- Copyright.
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