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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 would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.

Aluminum in America

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    A Paperback by Quentin R. Skrabec

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      Publisher McFarland & Company
      Published 1 March 2017
      ISBN-13 9780786499557
      978-0786499557
      ISBN-10 0786499559

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      Book Synopsis

      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 would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.

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