Silica Stories by De La Rocha, Christina

Silica Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319540535)

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Silica Stories by De La Rocha, Christina

Silica Stories

$49.99
Silica Stories by De La Rocha, Christina

Silica Stories

$49.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Christina De La Rocha, Daniel J. Conley
ISBN-10: 331954053X
ISBN-13: 9783319540535
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2017
Pages: 201
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
By Christina De La Rocha
By Christina De La Rocha
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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.

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