Carbon : the book of life / Paul Hawken.
| Author/creator | Hawken, Paul author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Viking, [2025] |
| Description | 243 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Carbon -- Elements -- Firmament -- Cell mates -- Eating starlight -- Sugar salad -- Bucky and bing -- Green beings -- Kindom -- Parlance -- Paper eyes -- Primeval -- Dark earth -- Untranslated world -- Conscious -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Abstract | Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth's composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blamed for the possible demise of civilization. Here, Paul Hawken looks at the flow of life through the lens of carbon. Embracing a panoramic view of carbon's omnipresence, he explores how this ubiquitous and essential element extends into every aperture of existence and shapes the entire fabric of life. Hawken charts a course across our planetary history, guiding us into the realms of plants, animals, insects, fungi, food, and farms to offer a new narrative for embracing carbon's life-giving power and its possibilities for the future of human endeavor. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hawken, Paul. Carbon New York : Viking, [2025] 9780698173293 |
| LCCN | 2024036141 |
| ISBN | 9780525427445 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0525427449 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |