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The last alchemist in Paris : & other curious tales from chemistry /
This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary pe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spiesstealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not he. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191637056 019163705X 129996673X 9781299966734 9780191637063 0191637068 |