Seven elements that have changed the world / John Browne.
By: Browne, John [author.].
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TextPublisher: London : Phoenix, 2014Copyright date: �2013Edition: Paperback edition.Description: xix, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 20 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780224367; 1780224362.Subject(s): Chemical elements -- Popular works | Technology -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 546 BRO Summary: Humans have put the Earth's resources to extraordinary use, but not always for the benefit of humankind. This book vividly describes how iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium and silicon have shaped the world around us - for good and for bad. It takes you on an adventure of human passion, ingenuity and discovery, but it is a journey that is far from over: we continue to find surprising new uses for each of these seven key elements. Discover how titanium pervades modern consumer society, how natural gas is transforming the global energy sector and how an innovative new form of carbon could be starting a technological revolution.
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Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Humans have put the Earth's resources to extraordinary use, but not always for the benefit of humankind. This book vividly describes how iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium and silicon have shaped the world around us - for good and for bad. It takes you on an adventure of human passion, ingenuity and discovery, but it is a journey that is far from over: we continue to find surprising new uses for each of these seven key elements. Discover how titanium pervades modern consumer society, how natural gas is transforming the global energy sector and how an innovative new form of carbon could be starting a technological revolution.
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