Author: Alfred Wilks Drayson
Publisher:
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Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Author: Alfred Wilks Drayson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Alfred Wilks Drayson
Publisher:
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Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Author: Alfred W. Drayson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783375132446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382834308
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author: Elizabeth W. Duval
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Anja Røyne
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615196463
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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This “excellent” popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of (Aftenposten, Norway). Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call “precious” because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things? In The Elements We Live By, physicist and award-winning author Anja Røyne reminds us that we’d be lost without the quiet heroes of the periodic table. Our bodies need phosphorous to hold our DNA together, potassium to power our optic nerves, and many more elements—in just the right amounts—to function. Other fundamental elements keep our technology (and society) running: Our phones contain arsenic, boron, and gallium to control signals and store information; indium and tin for the touch screen; and lithium for the battery. Everything is made of elements—every galaxy, star, and planet—from the iron in Earth’s core to the silicon in its sand. But that doesn’t mean the elements we rely on will never run out; for example, about half the lithium we need is extracted from rocks in Australia, and the other half is from saltwater in Argentina and Chile. As Røyne travels the world to find where these elements exist (some in ever-shrinking amounts), she shows how vitally urgent it is for us to protect them—the elements of our very existence. “Not just a discussion of basic chemistry, this is a volume that looks at the human impact on the planet and what we can learn from nature...Useful for science or sociology courses that address the various impacts of natural resource development or for popular science readers.” —School Library Journal

Author: Bruno Latour
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509559485
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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In a series of televised interviews broadcast in spring 2022, Bruno Latour explained, in clear and straightforward terms, how humans have changed the planet and why environmental disasters are an intrinsic part of modern life. We have now come to realize that all life depends on a thin skin of our planet that is only few kilometres thick – what scientists call the ‘critical zone’. Our capacity to continue to live on a planet we are transforming is now at risk and if we wish to survive as a species, we must put an end to the mechanisms of destruction, rethink our connection to living beings, and face head-on the confrontation between the extractivists who are exploiting the Earth’s resources and the ecologists. This poignant reflection on the greatest challenge of our time was also an opportunity for Latour to explain the underlying thread that guided his work throughout his career, from his pathbreaking research on the social construction of scientific knowledge to his last writings on the Anthropocene.

Author: Ruth Moore
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Author: Ruth E. Moore
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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