A World From Dust
How the Periodic Table Shaped Life
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 July 2016
- ISBN 9780190275013
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 165x239x25 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 42 0
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Short description:
In A World From Dust, Ben McFarland brings together the latest genetic, chemical, mathematic, and geological evidence to tell the story of how life has evolved on this planet over billions of years.
MoreLong description:
A World From Dust describes how a set of chemical rules combined with the principles of evolution in order to create an environment in which life as we know it could unfold. Beginning with simple mathematics, these predictable rules led to the advent of the planet itself, as well as cells, organs and organelles, ecosystems, and increasingly complex life forms. McFarland provides an accessible discussion of a geological history as well, describing how the inorganic matter on Earth underwent chemical reactions with air and water, allowing for life to emerge from the world's first rocks. He traces the history of life all the way to modern neuroscience, and shows how the bioelectric signals that make up the human brain were formed. Most popular science books on the topic present either the physics of how the universe formed, or the biology of how complex life came about; this book's approach would be novel in that it condenses in an engaging way the chemistry that links the two fields. This book is an accessible and multidisciplinary look at how life on our planet came to be, and how it continues to develop and change even today.
The narrative should appeal to anyone interested in viewing chemistry and biology from a general, perhaps poetic, perspective. Although intended for a general audience, some background knowledge of chemistry, biology, and evolution of the world is probably needed to fully appreciate the story. The style is informal, and the presentation includes many intriguing real-world contexts and examples, and numerous thought-provoking metaphors and analogies.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Arsenic Life?
Chapter 2: A Tapestry from Three Threads
Chapter 3: Unfolding the Periodic Table
Chapter 4: The Triple-Point Planet
Chapter 5: Seven Clues for Quickening the Rocks
Chapter 6: Wheels Within Wheels
Chapter 7: The Colorful Path to Oxygen
Chapter 8: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
Chapter 9: Cracked Open and Knit Together by Oxygen
Chapter 10: The End of (Chemical) Evolution
Chapter 11: How Chemistry Shaped History, Through Words
Chapter 12: Cosmos and Chaos
