by Isaac Asimov · Plaza & Janés. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401450280
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«Fotosíntesis» is Isaac Asimov's popular science essay, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (270 pages, in Spanish).
Isaac Asimov explains photosynthesis from a chemist's perspective: how sunlight is transformed into usable energy, why food never runs out on Earth, and how the oxygen in the air is replenished. An introduction to the essential biological process and to the research that revealed its role in the chemistry of life.
Original work: «How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis?» (1966). Translated from English by J. Ferrer Aleu. First title in Asimov's «How Did We Find Out» series.
For readers interested in science and biology, and for followers of Asimov's science writing.
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
