Seven Elements That Have Changed the World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery by John Browne

Seven Elements That Have Changed the World: An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery

John Browne

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe in an instant.Yet our use of the Earth's mineral resources is not always for the benefit of humankind--our relationsh...

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