by Isaac Asimov · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401459122
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«Fotosíntesis» is Isaac Asimov's science book, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (266 pages, in Spanish).
Asimov explains photosynthesis from the chemist's point of view: why food on Earth never runs out, how atmospheric oxygen is renewed, and how sunlight becomes usable energy. He also describes how scientists have unraveled the role of this process in the chemistry of life.
Popular science work published in 1992, part of the Tribuna collection from Plaza & Janés.
For readers interested in popular science and in understanding an essential process for life with Asimov's characteristic clarity.
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.
