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Using the word 'minerals' in its broadest sense, Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History features the metals, alloys, rocks, organic minerals, and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of their material cultures. From flint and obsidian to bronze and iron, it explores the roots of industry and trade from the earliest recorded history, and marvels at the extraordinary works of art produced in gold, silver, ivory and jade by the great classical civilisations of the Old and New Worlds. Moving to modern times, it charts the industrialisation of societies through the use of fossil fuels, the production of steel and aluminium and the harnessing of nuclear energy from uranium and plutonium. Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the minerals that have shaped and defined our lives. Weaving together strands of economic, cultural, political and industrial history, each entry gives a fascinating perspective on the scope and pace of human development, and the dangers posed by our exploitation of Earth's resources.

Table of Contents:
Inroduction 1. Diamond 2. Copper 3. Bronze 4. Alabaster 5. Alum 6. Aluminium 7. Asbestos 8. Amber 9. Silver 10. Clay 11. Arsenic 12. Ashphalt 13. Gold 14. Chalk 15. Coal 16. Coral 17. Ivory 18. Slate 19. Iron 20. Kaolin 21. Graphite 22. Gypsum 23. Mercury 24. Potassium 25. Marble 26. Nacre 27. Natron 28. Obsidian 29. Ochre 30. Petroleum 31. Phosphorus 32. Platinum 33. Lead 34. Plutonium 35. Pumice 36. Quartz 37. Radium 38. Sand 39. Saltpetre 40. Salt 41. Flint 42. Steel 43. Tin 44. Sulphur 45. Talc 46. Titanium 47. Uranium 48. Jade 49. Tungsten 50. Zinc Further Reading, Index, Image Credits

About the Author :
Eric Chaline is a professional journalist and writer specialising in history, philosophy and religion. A graduate of Cambridge University and The School of African and Oriental Studies, London, he lived in Tokyo for seven years where he was English-language editor for Kodansha Publishers. More recently, he has published titles on philosophy, including The Book of Zen and The Book of Gods, and on history, including Traveler's Guide to the Ancient World: Ancient Greece, History's Worst Inventions, History's Greatest Deceptions, and History's Worst Predictions. He now lives and works in London, where he is conducting doctoral research in sociology at South Bank University.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781742379500
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Crows Nest
  • Height: 227 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • ISBN-10: 1742379508
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 170 mm


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