{"product_id":"carbon","title":"Carbon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly illustrated history of a single atom of carbon, tracing its many manifestations from the Big Bang to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarbon: One Atom's Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll follow one atom from its spectacular birth 14 billion years ago through its harrowing journey on planet earth where it has become a basic building block of nearly 10 million known compounds in living things. You’ll learn that carbon:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eIs breathed in by the Peregrine Falcon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eHelps trees grow strong and tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eLets a moth's eye make sense of light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eIs found in your pencil as well as in your liver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eAnd even helps convert grapes into wine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wondrous graphic journey, clever narrative and detailed art help bring to life the natural world and teach you a thing or two about how it was created. For anyone with a general interest in chemistry, physics, and the science of the universe, this beautiful book will both educate and inspire. If you’re ready for a STEAM adventure, then let the journey begin!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e is a life-long, self-taught lover of science. His favorite job was as a shepherd in Cornwall, England. For many years he enjoyed working as a carpenter, even building his own sailboat which, last he knew, still floats. For the past decade he has called himself a graphic designer and illustrator, skills he has applied toward many books. This book is the first of his own. The drawings within were done 'old-school' with fine-tipped mechanical pencils on paper. John currently lives on the shore of (and quite often on) Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoald Hoffmann \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1937 in Zloczow, then Poland. He came to the US in 1949, and has long been at Cornell, active as a theoretical chemist. In chemistry he has taught his colleagues how to think about electrons influencing structure and reactivity, and won most of the honors of his profession. Hoffmann is also a writer, carving out his own land between poetry, philosophy, and science. He has published six books of non-fiction, three plays, and six volumes of poetry, including two book length selections of his poems in Spanish and Russian translations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Starch Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50506309337158,"sku":"9781718501225","price":1413.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-Book","offer_id":50506309369926,"sku":"9781718501225-2","price":1414.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/2797\/1142\/files\/310usHFlNKL._SX376_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1790326319","url":"https:\/\/cb-india.com\/products\/carbon","provider":"Computer Bookshop (India) Pvt Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}