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Oxygen: The molecule that made the world (Oxford Landmark Science)
Nick Lane
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Description for Oxygen: The molecule that made the world (Oxford Landmark Science)
Paperback. Oxygen is the engine of life and evolution. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. Explaining the rise of animals and plants, the origin of two sexes, and the evolution of ageing and death, it offers fresh perspectives on our own lives, explaining why we age and what we can do about it. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; PSAJ; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs after the asteroid impact. ... Read more
Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs after the asteroid impact. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Landmark Science
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198784937
SKU
V9780198784937
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99-29
About Nick Lane
Dr Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He was awarded the first Provost's Venture Research Prize in the Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment at University College London, where he is now a Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry. Dr Lane's research deals with evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics, focusing on the origin of life and the evolution of complex cells. ... Read more
Reviews for Oxygen: The molecule that made the world (Oxford Landmark Science)
. . . Nick Lane marshals an impressive array of evidence - [an] ambitious narrative . . . This is science writing at its best.
Jerome Burne, The Financial Times
a brisk revelatory study
Christopher Hirst, The Independent
Nick Lane's chapters are dispatches from the frontiers of research into Earth and life history, but they ... Read more
Jerome Burne, The Financial Times
a brisk revelatory study
Christopher Hirst, The Independent
Nick Lane's chapters are dispatches from the frontiers of research into Earth and life history, but they ... Read more