Status
Available
Call number
Description
Chaline discusses the metals, alloys, rocks, and organic minerals and gemstones that humans have used as the building blocks of civilization. Covering the economic, cultural, political and industrial history of each, he shows the effect of each on the scope and pace of human development, as well as the dangers posed by our exploitation of Earth's resources.
Publication
Firefly Books (2017), Edition: Reprint, 224 pages
Language
Original publication date
2012
Physical description
224 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
9781770855878