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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a meter. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today-probably as much as thirty-five percent. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations, and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the demise of the...
2) Oxygen
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the chemical element oxygen and explains its chemistry, how it works in the body, and its importance in our lives.
5) Oxygen
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Presents the basic concepts of oxygen, the most important chemical element in our lives and also the most abundant element in nature.
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Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press, [2014]
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
"The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Oxygen is the most current account of the history of atmospheric oxygen on Earth"--
9) Oxygen
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Oxygen is essential to life on Earth, but what is this tasteless, colorless, element? From how oxygen was discovered to how it supports life, this book answers all your questions about element we all depend on. Readers will learn about atoms, molecules, and how oxygen fits in the Periodic Table. Discussions of photosynthesis, combustion, and oxygen compounds explore the role of oxygen in our world. Interesting and accessible explanations of chemistry...
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"After 35 years of living on the Moon, cranky old oxygen farmer Millennium Harrison has stumbled onto a hidden facility in the shadows of the Slayton Ridge Exclusion Zone with a radiation leak and a deadly secret. Mil's discovery leads to the death of a young astronaut, sabotage, murder, and cover-ups that may go all the way to the Chief Administrator of the space agency. Unfortunately, she happens to be Mil's estranged daughter, busy trying to secure...
