A History of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, from Prehistory to the End of the Classical Period

by: Robert W. Boyle (Author),Graham C. Wilson(Editor),Charles Butt(Editor),Robert Garrett(Editor),Heather Robinson(Editor)&1more

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Publication Date: April 1, 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 630 pages

ISBN-10: 1527576140

ISBN-13: 9781527576148

Book Description

Since Mendeleev outlined the mode periodic table in 1869, many new uses have been found for the 92 naturally occurring elements. This book travels back in time to describe the utilization of materials familiar (gold, copper, iron) and arcane (arsenic, boron, red ochre) and their practical history (mining, metallurgy and crafts), with evidence from archaeology and geology. Together with the technological developments, author Robert Boyle portrays the advances in our understanding of materials science which led to mode geological and environmental sciences. It is a source book valuable to students of history and archaeology, mining and metallurgy, as well as to geologists, mineralogists and geochemists everywhere.
Since Mendeleev outlined the mode periodic table in 1869, many new uses have been found for the 92 naturally occurring elements. This book travels back in time to describe the utilization of materials familiar (gold, copper, iron) and arcane (arsenic, boron, red ochre) and their practical history (mining, metallurgy and crafts), with evidence from archaeology and geology. Together with the technological developments, author Robert Boyle portrays the advances in our understanding of materials science which led to mode geological and environmental sciences. It is a source book valuable to students of history and archaeology, mining and metallurgy, as well as to geologists, mineralogists and geochemists everywhere. Read more