{"product_id":"elemental-9780691177298","title":"Elemental","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brown University ecologist Porder debuts with a probing exploration of how carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorous have shaped life on Earth. . . . It’s an illuminating account of how these elements and the organisms that rely on them have influenced the course of life.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Porder] takes the time to explain considerable data to skeptics. . . . And this scientific information is made even more accessible because of Porder’s engaging storytelling and views of different milieus like farms to illustrate what more sustainable alternatives could look like.\"\u003cb\u003e---Joseph S. Pete, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Porder writes with precision, style, clarity and logic. . . . [He] offers a way forward, filled with optimism and driven by consumers of energy, by regular folks, by you and me.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Gascoigne, \u003ci\u003eTravels with Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An original take on geology and evolution focusing on the role of five of life’s essential elements.\" * Paradigm Explorer *\u003cbr\u003e\"The biogeochemistryof the C, N, H, O, and P combines into the various compounds that make up life-forms. [This book] shows the need to more completely understand the roles these elements play in everyday life and be better stewards.\"\u003cb\u003e---J.L. Hatfield, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865538277719,"sku":"9780691177298","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691177298.jpg?v=1722274454","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elemental-9780691177298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}