Seven elements that changed the world :
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2014Edition: First Pegasus Books editionDescription: xvii, 279 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781605985404; 1605985406; 9781605986913 (pbk.); 1605986917 (pbk.)Other title: 7 elements that changed the worldSubject(s): Chemical elements -- Popular works | Technology -- Social aspects | Chemical elementsDDC classification: 546 LOC classification: QD466 | .B74 2014| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
The essence of everything -- Iron -- Carbon -- Gold -- Silver -- Uranium -- Titanium -- Silicon -- Power, progress and destruction.
Combining true stories from the worlds of history, science, and politics, describes how the use of seven elements--iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium, and silicon--has changed the world for both the better and worse.