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Paperback Aluminum in America: A History Book

ISBN: 0786499559

ISBN13: 9780786499557

Aluminum in America: A History

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...

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