Saleem Ali

Soil to Foil

Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability

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Produktbeschreibung

Soil to Foil tells the extraordinary story of aluminum. Saleem H. Ali reveals its pivotal role in the histories of scientific inquiry and technological innovation as well as its importance to sustainability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 144mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780231204484
• ISBN-10: 0231204485
• Artikelnr.: 66996042

Autorenporträt

Saleem H. Ali

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Salt and Sod
1. Elemental Origins and the Invention of Need
2. Soil Without Soul: Why Aluminum Was Rejected by Life
Part II. Precious Forces
3. Unbreakable Bonds: The Challenge of Extraction
4. The Bond Breakers and Their Bounty
Part III. Flight and Foil
5. Mobile Metal: How Aluminum Facilitated War and Peace
6. Aluminum for All: The Invention of a Household Metal
Part IV. Elemental Flows
7. Recycling and Realism: The Industrial Ecology Paradigm
8. Restoration and Renewal of Mineral Frontiers
Epilogue: Governing Our Planet¿s Elemental Resources
Notes
Index