Mercury Stories: Understanding Sustainability Through a Volatile Element

by Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin

An interdisciplinary analysis of human interactions with mercury through history that sheds light on efforts to promote and achieve sustainability.

In Mercury Stories, Henrik Selin and Noelle Eckley Selin examine sustainability through analyzing human interactions with mercury over thousands of years. They explore how people have made beneficial use of this volatile element, how they have been harmed by its toxic properties, and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262539209
• ISBN13: 9780262539203
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"