The Miracle PlanetA richly illustrated portrait of the earth drawn by major scientists. Examines the processes that have shaped our planet into a home for life and the forces that cloud it's future. This book gives a unified narrative of Earth's 4.6 billion-year history and the progress science is making in decyphering its mysteries. |
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... molecules surrounded by a membrane . Their internal organization was not sophisticated enough to let them synthesize their own food out of simple molecules . Instead their nourishment came premixed from the chemical smorgasbord around ...
... molecules surrounded by a membrane . Their internal organization was not sophisticated enough to let them synthesize their own food out of simple molecules . Instead their nourishment came premixed from the chemical smorgasbord around ...
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... molecules . One family of bacteria developed a mechanism to get nutrition from carbon dioxide and hydrogen ... molecule with the property , unique in living tissue , of being able to store the energy in sunlight . This green - tinted ...
... molecules . One family of bacteria developed a mechanism to get nutrition from carbon dioxide and hydrogen ... molecule with the property , unique in living tissue , of being able to store the energy in sunlight . This green - tinted ...
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... molecule persists in the atmosphere for an average of 100 years . Eventually they rise into the stratosphere , where ... molecules of oxygen and chlorine monoxide . The presence of chlorine monoxide is an indicator for ozone destruction ...
... molecule persists in the atmosphere for an average of 100 years . Eventually they rise into the stratosphere , where ... molecules of oxygen and chlorine monoxide . The presence of chlorine monoxide is an indicator for ozone destruction ...
Contents
THE HEAT WITHIN | 37 |
LIFE FROM THE SEA | 77 |
RIDDLES OF SAND AND ICE | 163 |
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