Sublime Lead traces the worldwide history of lead from its formation into ore bodies exploited by classical Greece and Rome as silver sources to the current debate over how to fund its removal and remediation in our built environment and mining debris. The text deftly combines science and humanities together, and provides the reader a chance to learn about the vast history of lead from a variety of viewpoints.
Sublime Lead traces the worldwide history of lead from its formation into ore bodies exploited by classical Greece and Rome as silver sources to the current debate over how to fund its removal and remediation in our built environment and mining debris. The text deftly combines science and humanities together, and provides the reader a chance to learn about the vast history of lead from a variety of viewpoints.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alanah Fitch holds a Masters in soil science from the University of Arizona, a PhD in soil chemistry from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and postdoctoral degrees in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Northwestern University. Her subsequent 34-year academic career was based at Loyola University Chicago in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry where she currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Cosmology "The Dry Way": The First Key: Lead Chapter 2 Antiquity: Science and Politics: A Monstrous Parasite Chapter 3 Art: Heavy Metal Chapter 4 Antiquity: Lustful Desire Chapter 5 Central Asia 400 to 1200, The Wet Way: Distillation Chapter 6 Medieval Europe ca. 1000 to ca 1450: Illuminated Chapter 7 Europe 1450 to ca. 1530: Who Chooseth Me Chapter 8 The World: 1500s A New Way?: The Secret of Amalgamation Chapter 9 Europe ca 1600 to ca. 1700: White Lead and Leaded Glass Chapter 10 Industrialization: Bingeing on Lead Chapter 11 Europe 1800s: Indigestion Chapter 12 America 1800s: Birth of Mining Towns Chapter 13 America Early 1900: Growth and Pushback Chapter 14 America 1930-1950: Prometheus Unbound Chapter 15 America 1960-1980: A Philosophical Question Is Addresssed Chapter 16 America 1980 to 2000: One Foot in the Grave: Death of Mining Towns. Chapter 17 America 1990-2015: Follow the Money
Chapter 1 Cosmology "The Dry Way": The First Key: Lead Chapter 2 Antiquity: Science and Politics: A Monstrous Parasite Chapter 3 Art: Heavy Metal Chapter 4 Antiquity: Lustful Desire Chapter 5 Central Asia 400 to 1200, The Wet Way: Distillation Chapter 6 Medieval Europe ca. 1000 to ca 1450: Illuminated Chapter 7 Europe 1450 to ca. 1530: Who Chooseth Me Chapter 8 The World: 1500s A New Way?: The Secret of Amalgamation Chapter 9 Europe ca 1600 to ca. 1700: White Lead and Leaded Glass Chapter 10 Industrialization: Bingeing on Lead Chapter 11 Europe 1800s: Indigestion Chapter 12 America 1800s: Birth of Mining Towns Chapter 13 America Early 1900: Growth and Pushback Chapter 14 America 1930-1950: Prometheus Unbound Chapter 15 America 1960-1980: A Philosophical Question Is Addresssed Chapter 16 America 1980 to 2000: One Foot in the Grave: Death of Mining Towns. Chapter 17 America 1990-2015: Follow the Money
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