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OXY: Biography of a Silent Witness
Johan van den Eertwegh (Jeert)
Take a deep breath. Let me slip into your blood. Let us start at the true, absolute beginning.
You draw him into your lungs thousands of times a day without giving it a thought. To you he is simply life-giving oxygen. But to the universe he is an immortal traveller: a permanent, indestructible being that has been present since the dawn of matter.
In OXY: Biography of a Silent Witness, a single oxygen atom takes the floor to tell the epic, 14-billion-year story of our universe. From his violent birth in the glowing core of a dying star and his ice-cold journey through space on an ancient comet, to his active roles in human history: kindling the ingenious use of fire, powering the microchips in your smartphone and making possible the first human breath on the moon. OXY has lived through it all.
By combining scientific accuracy with a breathtaking, poetic first-person voice, this book offers a profound reflection on the cycle of nature and the unbreakable bond between the universe, our planet and our survival.
The greatest biography ever told is hidden in the air you breathe.
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