01756cam a2200313 i 4500 373987311 TxAuBib 20190620120000.0 190312s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019-13772 9780393609431 26.95 039360943X 26.95 (OCoLC)1054000934 eng rda TxAuBib rda Hazen, Robert M., 1948- Symphony in C [BOOK] : carbon and the evolution of (almost) everything. Symphony in C : Carbon and the Evolution of Almost Everything. First edition. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. 282 pages : Color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Carbon is everywhere: in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It's with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet, and we are carbon life. No other element is so central to our well-being; yet, when missing or misaligned, carbon atoms can also bring about disease and even death. At once ubiquitous and mysterious, carbon holds the answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. Where did Earth come from? What will ultimately become of it-and of us? With poetic storytelling, earth scientist Robert M. Hazen explores the universe to discover the past, present, and future of life's most essential element. 20190620. Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry.) Carbon.