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Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World
Boom Bust Boom A Story About Copper the Metal that Runs the World
Author: Bill Carter
Copper is a miraculous and contradictory metal, essential to nearly every human enterprise. For most of recorded history, this remarkably pliable and sturdy substance has proven invaluable: not only did the ancient Romans build their empire on mining copper but Christopher Columbus protected his ships from rot by lining their hulls with it. Toda...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781439136447
ISBN-10: 1439136440
Publication Date: 10/16/2012
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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