New book on carbon

In: Uncategorized

30 Jul 2008

Eric Rolston, an American science writer, has written a fascinating sounding book on carbon. Despite its sensationalist sub-title – “how life’s core element has become civilization’s greatest threat” – The Carbon Age rightly makes the point that carbon is the building block of life. Despite the element’s key role in the natural world it is strangely seen as a great threat to humanity nowadays.

Comment Form