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Nick Lane

Oxygen

The molecule that made the world

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Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life.Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans ofnearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today -probably as much as 35 per cent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoalsall tell the same story. High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to thedemise of the dinosaurs after the asteroid impact.The strange and profound effects that oxygen has had on the evolution of life pose a riddle, which this booksets out to answer… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-163907-4
  • EAN: 9780191639074
  • Produktnummer: 13951813
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 2'033 KB
  • Abbildungen: 13 figures

Über den Autor


Nick Lane studied biochemistry at Imperial College, University of London. His doctoral research, at the Royal Free Hospital, was on oxygen free-radicals and metabolic function in organ transplants. Dr Lane is Honorary Reader at University College London and strategic director at Adelphi Medi Cine, a medical multimedia company based in London, where he is responsible for developing interactive approaches to medical education. Articles by Nick Lane have been publishedin numerous international journals, including Scientific American, The Lancet and the British Medical Journal. He lives in London.

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