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Ben McFarland
A World From Dust describes how a set of chemical rules combined with the principles of evolution in order to create an environment in which life as we know it could unfold. Beginning with simple mathematics, these predictable rules led to the advent
Autor:
Ben McFarland, Tom Sandham
A scintillating saunter through global beer culture that will inform, educate and entertain. It will quench the thirst of beer drinkers whether they be globe-trotting enthusiasts or armchair aficionados. Ale seekers, beer buffs and novices alike will
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Ecological Indicators. 24:562-572
Despite the history of freshwater biomonitoring, there is still a dearth of proven indices that allow accurate status assessment while simultaneously diagnosing the cause of impairment, particularly when stressors are multiple. Here, we present an ap
Autor:
Ben McFarland
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A World From Dust
The process of scientific discovery is something like a walk near Freswick Castle. I assume you’ve never been there. (Neither have I, but a friend has.) Freswick Castle stands at the end of Scotland’s northeast end, at the mouth of the Burn of Fr
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275013.003.0006
Autor:
Ben McFarland
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A World From Dust
Evolution accomplished its final major innovation 125 million years ago. Not brains—complex brains had already been around for a few hundred million years. Not flight—animals with wings can be found as far back as brains, although the birds that
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275013.003.0015
Autor:
Ben McFarland
Publikováno v:
A World From Dust
Our starting point is not hidden, nor is it far off. It is not an extreme place like Mono Lake or Freswick Castle, but it is a central concept expressed on a single page. The periodic table is the center of chemistry, and therefore of this book. You
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275013.003.0007
Autor:
Ben McFarland
Publikováno v:
A World From Dust
When I was a child, I lived near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. To me, science was all about rocket science: big rockets that flew where no one has gone before, powered by fiery oxidative chemistry and guided by precise measurements. I could watch
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275013.003.0016
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Ben McFarland
Publikováno v:
A World From Dust
Let’s move to a vantage point a little quieter: the surface of the moon. It is so still that Neil Armstrong’s footprints remain undisturbed. The only reason the US flag there appears to “fly” is that a wire holds it up. The moon and Mercury s
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190275013.003.0008
Autor:
Ben McFarland
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A World From Dust
Three billion years ago, the Earth may have been a pale orange dot. The first atmosphere was rich in methane and related hydrocarbons, which covered the globe with an orange, smoggy haze like Titan’s. That would change drastically over the next bil
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Autor:
Ben McFarland
Publikováno v:
A World From Dust
The happy insight that biology and geology meet through chemistry has been seen throughout this book when life and rocks interact. A chemical called water transformed this planet’s rocks and opened them to give life its elemental building blocks. T
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