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Covalent bonds: The atoms are strongly linked to one another

Weak bond

Weak bond

Weak bonds: An organic compound is maintained in a unique three-dimensional form
by means of weak (non-covalent) bonds (the broken lines).

properties of the carbon atom shows that there is an enormous harmony
existing among this element that is the fundamental building-block of life,
the water that is also vital for life, and the planet Earth that is the shelter
for that life. In Nature's Destiny, Michael Denton underscores this fitness
when he says:

Out of the enormous range of temperatures in the cosmos, there is on-
ly one tiny temperature band in which we have (1) liquid water, (2) a
great plenitude of metastable organic compounds, and (3) weak bonds
for stabilizing the 3-D forms of complex molecules. 90
Among all the heavenly bodies that have ever been observed, this "tiny
temperature band" exists only on Earth. Moreover it is only on Earth that
the two fundamental building-blocks of life–carbon and water–are to be