Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything
Robert Hazen
Praised by The New York Times for his clarity and ability to communicate scientific thoughts, Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to the history of the Earth - an intertwined history of the living and non-living spheres of the planet. With the imagination of an astrobiologist, the eye of a historian and a naturalist, Hazen recounts twenty-first century discoveries that have revolutionized geology and enabled scientists to imagine Earth's many iterations in vivid detail, from lava tides during its infancy to early organisms responsible for more than two-thirds mineral varieties under our feet. Clear, controversial, and up-to-date, this book is popular science of the highest order.
