Carbon: One Atom's Odyssey

by John Barnett

Book Overview

An illustrated history of a single atom of carbon, tracing its many manifestations from the Big Bang to the present.

Carbon: One Atom's Odyssey is an illustrated adaptation of 'Carbon, ' a short story from Italian chemist, writer, and Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. It traces the life story and many molecular manifestations of a single atom of this life-essential element.

You'll follow one atom from its spectacular birth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1718501226
• ISBN13: 9781718501225
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.1"