From Stars To Stalagmites: How Everything Connects - Braterman, Paul S (Univ Of Glasgow, Uk)

Collects essays on chemistry related themes. This book begins with the age of the earth, and concludes with the life cycle of stars, covering atoms old and new, the ozone hole mystery and how it was solved, synthetic fertilisers and explosives, reading the climate record, the extraction of metals, the wetness of water, and more.