Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; Dedication; Contents; Preface; The Essence of Everything; IRON; CARBON; Coal; Oil; Natural Gas; GOLD; SILVER; URANIUM; TITANIUM; SILICON; Glass; Solar Power; Computers; Carbon Revisited: Graphene; Power, Progress and Destruction; Acknowledgements; List of Maps; List of I
Seven Elements That Have Changed the World
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2013
- Category
- Fiction
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