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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Oxygen sustains life on Earth, yet it can be a deadly toxin too.
Chapter 3: Higher oxygen levels may have enabled multicellular life.
Chapter 4: Oxygen might have helped drive the rise of giant animals long ago.
Chapter 5: Oxidation bears a striking resemblance to radiation.
Chapter 6: Vitamin C can be oxidizing, yet organisms can defend against this threat.
Chapter 7: Aging fits beneath two primary theoretical umbrellas.
Chapter 8: An organism’s lifespan correlates with the toxins generated during the process of respiration.
Description
Oxygen (2002) is a guide to the element that is so essential to our very existence that we sometimes forget it even exists. These blinks explain how oxygen enables and boosts life on earth while simultaneously threatening it.
Who Should Listen
- Anybody fascinated by the evolution of life on Earth
- Anyone interested in biology, chemistry or physics