Carbon and evolution of almost all
Please sign in so that we can notify you about a reply
Robert Heisen is an outstanding scientist, a music lover and a successful musician, and this determines the structure of his book, repeating the principles of building a symphony. Her leitmotif is a chemical element No. 6 in the periodic table, or carbon, without which life is unthinkable, from its very origin to everything that surrounds us in the modern world. Temporary coverage of the book is a little less than 14 billion years, from the emergence of the universe to the present day. And throughout almost all this time, carbon performs its unique part in the symphony of evolution. The deep carbon cycle, mineralogy of carbon, volcanic gases, diamond and graphite, organic fuel, nanotubes, climate, fossil residues of animals and plants are just a small part of the topics affected in this incredibly cognitive book.
• Our body consists of more than 1024 carbon atoms - 100 trillion trillion atoms of the sixth element.
• Before many eruptions in volcanic gases, the attitude of the volcanic CO2 to Sere.
• Carbon occupies a unique place in the periodical table, being an element No. 6, i.e., being in the middle of the period halfway between the magic two and ten electrons.
• The strength of the hollow carbon nanotubes is amazing: a thread with a diameter of only 0.1 mm can hold more than 10 tons of a fixed cargo.
• drill the well to a depth of a little more than 1 km almost anywhere in the earth - and with almost 100%probability you will find a microbial life there.
Quotes
The exceptional variety of carbon minerals is amazing. Their colors cover the entire spectrum of the rainbow-fiery red, bright orange, saturated yellow, amazing green, stunning blue and deep-purple. They come in any tones and shades: white, gray, yellow -brown and black, some minerals are absolutely transparent, others are translucent or matte.
Scientists gave a large batch of diamonds seized from smugglers and said that you can conduct any experiments with stones. One part of valuable stones - hundreds of carats of diamond treasures - the researchers burned to the ground in vain search for interspersed (conclusion: there are not many in diamonds) Other diamonds, including one beautiful 8-carat gem that cost a whole fortune, was scratched, drilled or crushed. It was during those abuse of diamonds that the NBS scientist Elvin Van Volkenburg found their unique ability to play a double role in high -pressure experiments - to serve as a reservoir in which you can fix and compress the sample and a transparent window to observe this compressed sample.
Walking along the rural hills of Kaldara Di Mantian in central Italy, surrounded by forests, flowers and singing birds, you obviously do not expect to stumble upon warning signs decorated with a skull with crossed bones and notifying you about mortal danger. What could it be? The fence under voltage? Shooting range? Wandering bears? The source of this danger is carbon dioxide. It flows from the ground, invisible, colorless ... being heavier than air, CO2 is pressed to the ground, filling the lowlands. When the wind blows, he is not terrible. The stream of underground gas quickly and without unpleasant consequences is scattered. But on a calm, calm day, this more dense carbon dioxide in a high concentration displaces the air that you can breathe by launching a deadly script. Hunters become victims. Their dogs, since they are closer to the ground, fall dead first. If the hunter rushes to the aid of his faithful companion and leans to the affected animal, he can also be in wait for the mortal danger, which he does not know about.
I remember how I once played in a small orchestra during such a show, when too strong the effect of dry ice caused a plentiful fog that shimmered through the edge of the stage and quickly filled the orchestra hole. For a while we played literally blindly. The sticky air saturated with moisture was condensed on everything, leaving a slippery wet mark on the floor, chairs, pupers and tools.
Well, you say, what about copper winds? Of course, pipes and mountains, thrombones and tubes do not need carbon. Mundsteks covered with silver, copper insert tubes, steel-pistons, bronze parts, U-shaped curtains and bells-all of them are all-metal. But only once will you forget to lubricate your valves or scenes, and in a week everything that you will have is a useless piece of cold metal. Without carbon, everything would be silent.
When I opened the lid a couple of hours later, at first it seemed to me that some dark liquid spilled on my books. Having looked closely, I discovered the darkness and darkness of tiny crawling babies. They were everywhere - a bustling brown mass on my books, pencils and inedible Lanche now. Seeing the daylight, they crawled up, climbing through the metal edges of the desks and falling to the floor and on the leg of my trousers. I screamed. Then the rest ran to see and also began to scream, soon complete chaos reigned in the classroom. A brave watchman with a powerful vacuum cleaner came to the rescue, but it took some time to calm down the class (Having calmed down, everyone unanimously stated that it was" The best “show and tell me”) In any case, we had a chance to see the stunning illustration of the second position of Darwin: more individuals were born than they could survive.
Features
Extraordinary - musical, symphonic - the structure of the popular science book.
The most interesting information regarding the variety of carbon behavior in absolutely everything - from the origin of the universe to our daily life.
Brief, but capacious and memorable biographies of researchers.
For whom
For those who are occupied by a cycle of substance in nature.
For those who are interested in the origin of life.
For those who love unexpected and vivid facts from various areas - from the natural sciences to the world of musical instruments.
Awards, ratings
included in the ten best scientific books in 2019 according to the American magazine Science News
Expert reviews
volcanic gases, Paste al Dent, the origin of life itself ... With virtuoso skill, Hayzen conveys the miracle of the sixth element, accompanying his story with stories about the researchers standing behind amazing discoveries.
Terry Plank, professor of geochemistry, Columbia University
Heisen invites us on a grandiose trip on the history of our planet lasting 4.5 billion years. Our bodies, the whole living world and this exciting book - everything comes from the atoms of the earth"s crust. Read Hazen - and you will see the earth and life in a new way.
Neil Shubin, a paleontologist, a well -known popularizer of science
CARKEN AND expressively! Based on the results of recent studies and taking into account the achievements of astrobiology, Heisen takes a rather radical position ... to tell the amazing story of the relationship of the living and inanimate spheres of our planet.
Birger Schmits, Nature
Robert Heisen offers us a detailed and entertaining guide to the outstanding odysse of carbon, an element of life - from a large explosion to the formation of coal, hydrocarbons and ultra -resistant high -tech nanocons. Have a nice trip!
Andrew Noll, professor of natural science, Harvard University
Published with the support
This book was published as part of the program "Book Projects Dmitry Zimin"
About the author
Robert Heisen is a specialist in the field of land sciences, in 2005 the president of the American Mineralogical Society, a senior researcher at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute, Executive Director of the Office of Deep Carbon, Lecturer at George Meison, Author of more than 400 scientific articles and 25 books Including a bestseller "History of the Earth: from star dust - to a living planet. The first 4 500,000,000 years"
• Our body consists of more than 1024 carbon atoms - 100 trillion trillion atoms of the sixth element.
• Before many eruptions in volcanic gases, the attitude of the volcanic CO2 to Sere.
• Carbon occupies a unique place in the periodical table, being an element No. 6, i.e., being in the middle of the period halfway between the magic two and ten electrons.
• The strength of the hollow carbon nanotubes is amazing: a thread with a diameter of only 0.1 mm can hold more than 10 tons of a fixed cargo.
• drill the well to a depth of a little more than 1 km almost anywhere in the earth - and with almost 100%probability you will find a microbial life there.
Quotes
The exceptional variety of carbon minerals is amazing. Their colors cover the entire spectrum of the rainbow-fiery red, bright orange, saturated yellow, amazing green, stunning blue and deep-purple. They come in any tones and shades: white, gray, yellow -brown and black, some minerals are absolutely transparent, others are translucent or matte.
Scientists gave a large batch of diamonds seized from smugglers and said that you can conduct any experiments with stones. One part of valuable stones - hundreds of carats of diamond treasures - the researchers burned to the ground in vain search for interspersed (conclusion: there are not many in diamonds) Other diamonds, including one beautiful 8-carat gem that cost a whole fortune, was scratched, drilled or crushed. It was during those abuse of diamonds that the NBS scientist Elvin Van Volkenburg found their unique ability to play a double role in high -pressure experiments - to serve as a reservoir in which you can fix and compress the sample and a transparent window to observe this compressed sample.
Walking along the rural hills of Kaldara Di Mantian in central Italy, surrounded by forests, flowers and singing birds, you obviously do not expect to stumble upon warning signs decorated with a skull with crossed bones and notifying you about mortal danger. What could it be? The fence under voltage? Shooting range? Wandering bears? The source of this danger is carbon dioxide. It flows from the ground, invisible, colorless ... being heavier than air, CO2 is pressed to the ground, filling the lowlands. When the wind blows, he is not terrible. The stream of underground gas quickly and without unpleasant consequences is scattered. But on a calm, calm day, this more dense carbon dioxide in a high concentration displaces the air that you can breathe by launching a deadly script. Hunters become victims. Their dogs, since they are closer to the ground, fall dead first. If the hunter rushes to the aid of his faithful companion and leans to the affected animal, he can also be in wait for the mortal danger, which he does not know about.
I remember how I once played in a small orchestra during such a show, when too strong the effect of dry ice caused a plentiful fog that shimmered through the edge of the stage and quickly filled the orchestra hole. For a while we played literally blindly. The sticky air saturated with moisture was condensed on everything, leaving a slippery wet mark on the floor, chairs, pupers and tools.
Well, you say, what about copper winds? Of course, pipes and mountains, thrombones and tubes do not need carbon. Mundsteks covered with silver, copper insert tubes, steel-pistons, bronze parts, U-shaped curtains and bells-all of them are all-metal. But only once will you forget to lubricate your valves or scenes, and in a week everything that you will have is a useless piece of cold metal. Without carbon, everything would be silent.
When I opened the lid a couple of hours later, at first it seemed to me that some dark liquid spilled on my books. Having looked closely, I discovered the darkness and darkness of tiny crawling babies. They were everywhere - a bustling brown mass on my books, pencils and inedible Lanche now. Seeing the daylight, they crawled up, climbing through the metal edges of the desks and falling to the floor and on the leg of my trousers. I screamed. Then the rest ran to see and also began to scream, soon complete chaos reigned in the classroom. A brave watchman with a powerful vacuum cleaner came to the rescue, but it took some time to calm down the class (Having calmed down, everyone unanimously stated that it was" The best “show and tell me”) In any case, we had a chance to see the stunning illustration of the second position of Darwin: more individuals were born than they could survive.
Features
Extraordinary - musical, symphonic - the structure of the popular science book.
The most interesting information regarding the variety of carbon behavior in absolutely everything - from the origin of the universe to our daily life.
Brief, but capacious and memorable biographies of researchers.
For whom
For those who are occupied by a cycle of substance in nature.
For those who are interested in the origin of life.
For those who love unexpected and vivid facts from various areas - from the natural sciences to the world of musical instruments.
Awards, ratings
included in the ten best scientific books in 2019 according to the American magazine Science News
Expert reviews
volcanic gases, Paste al Dent, the origin of life itself ... With virtuoso skill, Hayzen conveys the miracle of the sixth element, accompanying his story with stories about the researchers standing behind amazing discoveries.
Terry Plank, professor of geochemistry, Columbia University
Heisen invites us on a grandiose trip on the history of our planet lasting 4.5 billion years. Our bodies, the whole living world and this exciting book - everything comes from the atoms of the earth"s crust. Read Hazen - and you will see the earth and life in a new way.
Neil Shubin, a paleontologist, a well -known popularizer of science
CARKEN AND expressively! Based on the results of recent studies and taking into account the achievements of astrobiology, Heisen takes a rather radical position ... to tell the amazing story of the relationship of the living and inanimate spheres of our planet.
Birger Schmits, Nature
Robert Heisen offers us a detailed and entertaining guide to the outstanding odysse of carbon, an element of life - from a large explosion to the formation of coal, hydrocarbons and ultra -resistant high -tech nanocons. Have a nice trip!
Andrew Noll, professor of natural science, Harvard University
Published with the support
This book was published as part of the program "Book Projects Dmitry Zimin"
About the author
Robert Heisen is a specialist in the field of land sciences, in 2005 the president of the American Mineralogical Society, a senior researcher at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute, Executive Director of the Office of Deep Carbon, Lecturer at George Meison, Author of more than 400 scientific articles and 25 books Including a bestseller "History of the Earth: from star dust - to a living planet. The first 4 500,000,000 years"
Author:
Author:Heisen R.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Comics and Graphic Novels
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Natural sciences
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00139-283-5
No reviews found