Oxygen A Four Billion Year History - Science Essentials

The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield-one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans-covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving chemistry of the Earth. Canfield guides readers through the various lines of scientific evidence, considers some of the wrong turns and dead ends along the way, and highlights the scientists and researchers who have made key discoveries in the field. Showing how Earth's atmosphere developed over time, Oxygen takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of the oxygenation of our planet.

ISBN:	9780691145020
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Published date:	19 Jan 2014
DEWEY:	551.5112
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xv, 196
Weight:	536g
Height:	161mm
Width:	237mm
Spine width:	20mm

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