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Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History

By Donald E. Canfield

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2025
ISBN
9780691270562, 9780691270579
DOI
10.1515/9780691270579
ASIN
B0DNBVH1QB
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
49 MB (51676387 bytes)
Series
Princeton Science Library
Edition
2
Pages
198\232
Time added
2025-04-02 02:01:37

Description

The remarkable scientific story of how Earth became an oxygenated planetThe air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it come to be this way? Donald Canfield covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving chemistry of Earth. He guides readers through the various lines of scientific evidence, considers some of the wrong turns and dead ends along the way, and highlights the scientists and researchers who have made key discoveries in the field. Now with an incisive new preface by the author, Oxygen takes readers on an astonishing journey of discovery, telling the story of how our planet became oxygenated.

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