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Aluminum in America
- A History
Engelsk
Bogcover for Aluminum in America af Quentin R. Skrabec, 9780786499557
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9780786499557
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786499559
Udg. Dato:
3 jan 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
3 jan 2017
Forfatter(e):
Paperback 2017
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The history of aluminum: metallurgy, engineering, global business and politics--and the advance of civilization itself. The earth''s most abundant metal, aluminum remained largely inaccessible until after the Industrial Revolution. A precious commodity in 1850s, it later became a strategic resource: while steel won World War I, aluminum won World War II.

A generation later, it would make space travel possible and the 1972 Pioneer spacecraft would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
252
ISBN-13:
9780786499557
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786499559
Udg. Dato:
3 jan 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3
Oplagsdato:
3 jan 2017
Forfatter(e):
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