Catalogo
Life on Earth through Photosyntesis - Bologna University Press
Scienze
Botanica, Chimica
Life on Earth through Photosyntesis
Dialogues on key discoveries and the people behind them
di Giovanni Giacometti, Klaus Möbius
Photosynthesis is the most important process for life on Earth. By exploiting sun-light energy, it provides all the oxygen we breathe, all the food we eat and all the fossil fuels we burn. The book addresses milestone discoveries of the underlying principles of solar-energy conversion and storage. The discoveries range from the times of alchemy to present-day molecular biology, biophysics and biochemistry. They include the latest insights in protein structures, analytical techniques and advances in biochemical and genetic methodologies. And cutting-edge applications, such as “solar fuel” strategies and “artificial” photosynthesis devices. Ultimately, copying photosynthesis is among the grand scientific and political challenges of the civilized world under the threat of global climate change. In this endeavor, the lines between the sciences and humanities are getting fuzzier than many people might think. The book is written in the “Science-on-Stage” format with vivid, often controversial dialogues between scientists, thoroughly mixed with personal memoirs in their historical, political and social context. The dialogues grow around eminent discoveries and illuminating stories on the people behind them. Complicated characters are involved in intense competition. Extreme euphoria alternates with bottomless disappointment in case of failure. The stories are addressing experts and laymen alike, teachers and students, undergraduates, postdoctoral researchers and professors, in short…
€35,00
Disciplina
Scienze
Argomento
Botanica, Chimica
Formato
170 × 240 mm
Pagine
280
Anno
2016
Confezione
Brossura
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN
9788869231292