Material world a substantial story of our past and future
The story of civilization from an entirely new vantage point--the six raw materials that have shaped and will continue to shape humanity's destiny. Sand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium: The struggle for these fundamental materials has created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
WH Allen
2023
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| Edition: | First published by WH Allen in 2023 |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011482214908016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part ONE : Sand. Homo Faber
- Built upon sand
- The longest journey
- Part TWO : Salt. Salt routes
- Salt of the Earth
- The fire drug ; Postscript: many salts
- Part THREE : Iron. You don't have a country
- Inside the volcano
- The last blast
- Part FOUR : Copper. The next greatest thing
- The hole
- The deep
- Part FIVE : Oil. The elephant
- Pipes
- The everything thing ; Postscript: Peak oil
- Part SIX : Lithium. White gold
- Jelly rolls
- Unmanufacturing
- Conclusion.
