Silica Stories

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: De La Rocha, Christina (Συγγραφέας), Conley, Daniel J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Geochemistry.; Geobiology.; Nature.; Environment.; Earth.; Geology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Popular Science.; Popular Earth Science.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Biogeosciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes? It's no mere mundane mineral. As chemically reacting silicate rocks, silica set off the chain of events known as the origin of life. As biomineralized opal, i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Origin of Life Was Brought to You in Part by Silicate Rocks
• 3. The Making of Humankind: Silica Lends a Hand (and Maybe a Brain). - 4. Mystical Crystals of Silica
• 5. Glass Houses
• 6. Chicks Need Silica, Too
• 7. Of Fields, Phytoliths, and Hippo Poo
• 8. Silica, Be Dammed!
• 9. No Such Thing as Normal
• 10. Geoengineering, aka Silica to Save the World.