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Author:
McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.), author.
Title:
A world from dust : how the periodic table shaped life / Ben McFarland ; illustrations by Gala Bent and Mary Anderson.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements.
Chemical elements.
Periodic law.
Periodic table of the elements.
Other Authors:
Bent, Gala, illustrator.
Anderson, Mary, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Arsenic life? -- Predicting the chemistry inside a cell -- Unfolding the periodic table -- The triple-point planet -- Seven chemical clues to first life -- Wheels within wheels -- The risk and reward 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.
ISBN:
0190275014
9780190275013
OCLC:
(OCoLC)925500017
LCCN:
2016002637
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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