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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.)     Subjects     Chemical elements.     Periodic law.     Periodic table of the elements.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.)       by title:      A world from dust : ...       by call number:      572 M143w     Search the Web     McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.)     Chemical elements.     Periodic law.     Periodic table of the elements.       MARC Display

A world from dust : how the periodic table shaped life / Ben McFarland ; illustrations by Gala Bent and Mary Anderson. by McFarland, Ben (Benjamin J.) Oxford University Press, 2016. Call #: 572 M143w Subjects Chemical elements.   Periodic law.   Periodic table of the elements. ISBN:  9780190275013 (hc.) 0190275014 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xiv, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  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. 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. Other authors:  Bent, Gala Anderson, Mary Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 572 M143w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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