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The Many Lives of Carbon

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Many Lives of Carbon

By Dag Olav Hessen

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About the book

In its pure form, carbon appears as the soft graphite of a pencil or as the sparkling diamond in a woman's engagement ring. Underneath the surface, carbon is also the basic building block of the cells in our bodies and of all known life on earth. And at a molecular level, carbon bonds with oxygen to create carbon dioxide--a gas as vital to our life on this planet as it is detrimental at high levels in our atmosphere. As we face the climate change crisis, it's now more important than ever to unde...Show more

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9781780238517

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Reaktion Books

Published year

2017

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1

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The Many Lives of Carbon

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Hardcover

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