Sách ngoại văn: Slime - How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, And Just Might Save Us

Slime: How Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

“No organisms are more important to life as we know it than . In Slime, Ruth Kassinger gives this underappreciated group its due.” — Elizabeth Kolbert

Say “” and most people think of pond scum. What they don’t know is that without , none of us would exist.

There are as many on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. created the Earth we know today, with its oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans, and coral reefs. Crude oil is made of dead , and are the ancestors of all plants. Today, seaweed production is a multibillion-dollar industry, with hard at work to make your sushi, chocolate milk, beer, paint, toothpaste, shampoo, and so much more.

In Slime we’ll meet the innovators working toward a sustainable future: from seaweed farmers in South Korea, to scientists using it to clean the dead zones in our waterways, to the entrepreneurs fighting to bring fuel and plastics to market.

With a multitude of lively, surprising science and history, Ruth Kassinger takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes, and into-the-kitchen tour. Whether you thought was just the gunk in your fish tank or you eat seaweed with your oatmeal, Slime will t and amaze with its stories of the good, the bad, and the up-and-coming.

Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....