Under A Metal Sky: Journey Through Minerals Greed And Wonder Philip Marsden Granta Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Geology Agriculture

The Discovery Of Minerals Beneath Our Feet Has Transformed Species Ochre First Prompted Humans To Express Themselves In Art Tin And Copper Helped Instigate Bronze Age Later Industrial Revolution Silver Kick-Started Engines Global Trade Each These Substances Generated A Leap Forward Technology One Opened Imagination Little Further - Brought With It Cache Unexpected Dangers Under Metal Sky Begins Ends Philip Marsden\ S Homeland Cornwall World\ Great Geological Hotspots Travelling Eastwards Into Europe He Examines How Extraction Peat Propelled Netherlands World Prominence But Also Imperilled Its Very Existence Continuing On Up Rhine By Barge Heart Continent Uncovers More Stories Potent Tempting Resources From Iron-Rich Meteorites Radium Mercury Gold-Bearing Mountains Georgia At Same Time Explores Precious Seams Ideas Science Alchemy Mysticism Ecology Those Questing Souls Who Pursued Them Likeparacelsus Habsburg Emperor Rudolf Ii Goethe William Blake Marie Curie Rich Revelations Traces Dazzling Achievements Dark Consequences Ability Extract What We Want Earth Presents Fascinating New Perspective European History Troubled Relationship Natural Σελίδες: 352 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm