Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History

by Donald E. Canfield

Book Overview

The 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 become this way? Donald Canfield-one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans-covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving chemistry of the Earth. Canfield guides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145024
• ISBN13: 9780691145020
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"