Silica Stories - Couverture rigide

De La Rocha, Christina; Conley, Daniel J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 331954053X ISBN 13 : 9783319540535

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017

Synopsis

1. Introduction.- 2. The Origin of Life Was Brought to You in Part by Silicate Rocks.- 3. The Making of Humankind: Silica Lends a Hand (and Maybe a Brain). - 4. Mystical Crystals of Silica.- 5. Glass Houses.- 6. Chicks Need Silica, Too.- 7. Of Fields, Phytoliths, and Hippo Poo.- 8. Silica, Be Dammed!.- 9. No Such Thing as Normal.- 10. Geoengineering, aka Silica to Save the World.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christina De La Rocha
http: //www.geology.lu.se/christina-de-la-rocha

Christina De La Rocha is a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Geology at Lund University, Sweden. She has previously been a Lecturer in Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge, UK), Senior Scientist (Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research, Germany), and Professor of Marine Science (Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France). She has co-edited a previous book (Work Meets Life: Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems) and started to write short science fiction (Pleistocene Brains).

Daniel Conley
http: //www.geology.lu.se/daniel-conley

Daniel Conley is Professor of Biogeochemistry (Lund University, Sweden), Wallenberg Scholar, and Pew Fellow.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 331954053X
• ISBN 13: 9783319540535
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 212
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