Oxygen The Molecule That Made the World

Name: Oxygen The Molecule That Made the World
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ISBN: 9780198607830

ISBN-10: 0198607830

ISBN-13: 9780198607830

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nick Lane

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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. Oxygen is a toxic gas. Divers breathing pure…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/26/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English




Introduction: Elixir of Life - and Death



In the Beginning there was no Oxygen: The Origins and Importance of Oxygen



Silence of the Aeons: Three Billion Years of Microbial Evolution



Fuse to the Cambrian Explosion: Snowball Earth, Environmental Change and the First Animals



The Bolsover Dragonfly: Oxygen and the Rise of the Giants



Treachery in the Air: Oxygen Poisoning and X-Irradiation: A Mechanism in Common



Green Planet: Radiation and the Beginnings of Photosynthesis



Looking for LUCA: Last Ancestor in the Age Before Oxygen



Portrait of a Paradox: Vitamin C and the Many Faces of an Antioxidant



The Antioxidant Machine: A Hundred and One Ways of Living with Oxygen



Sex and the Art of Bodily Maintenance: Trade-offs in the Evolution of Ageing



Eat! Or You'll Live Forever: The Triangle of Food, Sex, and Longevity



Gender Bender! The Rate of Living and the Need for Sexes



Beyond Genes and Destiny: The Double Agent Theory of Ageing and Disease



Life, Death and Oxygen: Lessons From Evolution on the Future of Ageing