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020 _a1605985406
020 _a9781605985404 :
035 _a(OCoLC)829989019
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100 1 _aBrowne, John,
_d1948-
245 1 0 _aSeven elements that changed the world :
_ban adventure of ingenuity and discovery /
_cJohn Browne.
250 _aFirst Pegasus Books edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bPegasus Books,
_c2014.
300 _axvii, 279 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 210-266) and index.
505 0 _aThe essence of everything -- Iron -- Carbon -- Gold -- Silver -- Uranium -- Titanium -- Silicon -- Power, progress, and destruction.
520 _aCombining true stories from the worlds of history, science, and politics, describes how the use of seven elements--iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium, and silicon--has changed the world for both the better and worse.
650 0 _aChemical elements
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
_93370
650 0 _aChemical elements.
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