Chemical Evolution: Origins of the Elements, Molecules, and Living Systems

by Stephen F. Mason

Book Overview

This remarkable new book is for everyone interested in the origin and evolution of the universe. It relates the history of chemicals, from the earliest generation of the light elements in the Big Bang, to their transformation into heavier atoms and their subsequent molecular evolution into myriad forms, including life on Earth. Spanning both organic and inorganic chemical combinations, the survey thus covers billions of years and involves evidence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198552726
• ISBN13: 9780198552727
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"