Disponible en anglais seulement

Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the minerals that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. These are the materials used from the Stone Age to the First and Second Industrial Revolutions to the Nuclear Age and include metals, ores, alloys, salts, rocks, sodium, mercury, steel and uranium. The book includes minerals used as currency, as jewelry and as lay and religious ornamentation when combined with gem minerals like diamonds, amber, coral, and jade.

Éditeur: Firefly Books; Édition illustrée (5 septembre 2017)

Auteur(s): Eric Chaline

Format: Livre broché, 224 pages

Dimensions: 17.15 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm

ISBN:  9781770855878

Langue(s): Anglais