Ten Materials That Shaped Our World

by M. Grant Norton

This book examines ten materials-flint, clay, iron, gold, glass, cement, rubber, polyethylene, aluminum, and silicon-explaining how they formed, how we discovered them, why they have the properties they do, and how they have transformed our lives. Since the dawn of the Stone Age, we have shaped materials to meet our needs and, in turn, those materials have shaped us.

The fracturing of flint created sharp, curved surfaces that gave our ancestors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030752127
• ISBN13: 9783030752125
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"