"Originally published in Norway as Menneskets grunnstoffer: byggeklossene vi og verden er laget av by Kagge Forlag AS in 2018"--Copyright page

Introduction: Our fantastic and catastrophic relationship with the planet we live on -- The history of the world and the elements in seven days -- All that glitters isn't gold -- The iron age isn't over -- Copper, aluminum, and titanium : from light bulbs to cyborgs -- Calcium and silicon in bones and concrete -- Multitalented carbon : nails, rubber, and plastic -- Potassium, nitrogen, and phosphorus : the elements that give us food -- Without energy, nothing happens -- Plan B -- Can we use up the Earth?

"A journey through chemistry and physics introducing the elemental building blocks from which humans are made--iron, phosphorus, silicon, potassium, and more"--

In English, translated from the Norwegian