Description
| Product ID: | 9781718501225 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Carbon |
| Subtitle: | One Atom's Odyssey |
| Authors: | Author: John Barnett |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Subjects: | Science: general issues, Science: general issues |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An illustrated adaptation of 'Carbon,' a short story from Italian chemist, writer, and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. It traces the life story and many molecular manifestations of a single atom of this life-essential element. You'll follow one atom from its spectacular birth 14 billion years ago through its harrowing journey on planet earth where it has become a basic building block of nearly 10 million known compounds in living things. An illustrated adaptation of ''Carbon,'' a short story from Italian chemist, writer, and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. It traces the life story and many molecular manifestations of a single atom of this life-essential element. You''ll follow one atom from its spectacular birth 14 billion years ago through its harrowing journey on planet earth where it has become a basic building block of nearly 10 million known compounds in living things. |
| Imprint Name: | No Starch Press,US |
| Publisher Name: | No Starch Press,US |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-05-12 |