An illustrated adaptation of 'Carbon,' a short story from Italian chemist, writer, and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. It traces the life story and many molecular manifestations of a single atom of this life-essential element. You'll follow one atom from its spectacular birth 14 billion years ago through its harrowing journey on planet earth where it has become a basic building block of nearly 10 million known compounds in living things.
- ISBN10 1718501226
- ISBN13 9781718501225
- Publish Date 12 May 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint No Starch Press,US
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 64
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781718501225