THE CARBON AGE: HOW LIFE’S CORE ELEMENT HAS BECOME CIVILIZATION’S GREATEST THREAT

Book ID/图书代码： 02001007B17809

English Summary/英文概要： What do the bubbles in a soft drink, a bullet-proof vest, a plastic chair, and our DNA have in common? Carbon. It is, and forever has been, the ubiquitous architect of life and civilization, forming the chemical backbone of every living creature. And yet, when we hear the word today, it is more often than not in a crisis situation: carbon dioxide emissions are destroying the ozone layer and warming the planet; the volatile Middle East explodes atop its stores of hydrocarbons; carbohydrates threaten obesity and diabetics.
Carbon, thus, sustains us and threatens us in equal measure. In his exciting book, Eric Roston evokes this essential element, its journey illuminating history from the Big Bang to modern civilization. Charting the science of carbon --- how it was formed, how it built up on Earth --- he then chronicles the ways in which mankind has used it over centuries, often to surprising and sometimes to catastrophic effect, leading us to now attempt to wrestle the earth’s geochemical cycle back from the brink. Blending the latest science with original reporting, Roston makes us aware, as never before, of the seminal impact carbon has, and has had, on our lives.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 碳酸飲料、防彈背心、塑膠椅、以及人體DNA中都存有碳，這是人類因文明高度發展而產生且普遍存在的物質，更是生活中各項物質形成的化學媒介。然而，現今大眾一聽到碳，馬上就想到許多文明發展而造成的問題：過多的二氧化碳造成臭氧層破壞與地球暖化；石油大多盛產於局勢混亂的中東國家；碳水化合物造成肥胖與糖尿病。
碳，讓人類生活便利卻也威脅人類生活。作者花了三年時間研究，翻閱各種科學文獻資料，首先介紹宇宙大爆炸到人類文明發展的歷史演變，讓讀者了解碳早已存在地球中；接著論述碳在科學中的地位，碳是如何形成，如何在地球上增生；隨後，讓讀者了解人類數世紀以來如何將碳運用在生活中，舉出各種成功與失敗的案例，讓讀者深思地球目前所面臨的最大危機。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Eric Roston哥倫比亞大學俄羅斯史學碩士與中歐史學士，《時代雜誌》駐華盛頓記者，政治與商業類專欄作家，文章發表涵蓋科技、國際貿易、能源議題。他在《時代雜誌》發表的世貿遺址（Ground Zero）報導獲得2002年「美國國家雜誌獎」深度報導獎項。經常曝光於媒體前，美國有線電視新聞網CNN、美國第三大寬頻新聞網MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/)、美國國家電視台ABC (http://abc.go.com/)、加拿大國家廣播電視公司CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/)、美國國家公共廣播電台National Public Radio(非官方廣播電臺，由聽眾贊助，節目規劃相當棒，也有好書介紹、作者訪談，可免費線上收聽http://www.npr.org/)，以及許多全國性廣播電台爭相邀請的來賓。而在加入時代雜誌之前，他曾為《LIFE雜誌》與Slate.com的”Today’s Papers”專欄作家。作者部落格: http://www.geocities.com/eroston/
Eric Roston was for many years a politics and business writer for Time magazine, and has covered technology, international trade, and energy issue. He contributed to Time’s Ground Zero special issue that won a National Magazine Award in 2002. This is his first book.

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