It wasn’t always a footprint. Follow carbon’s journey from how it is born in stars to how it became the molecular backbone of DNA, plastic, sugar, and fat. There’s a bigger story to this man-made time bomb than makes the headlines.
A Complete History of Carbon
A new book takes readers through the birth and unstoppable rise of this dangerous element.
Written byAmber Fields
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