This volume contains a collection of papers from 10 general-topic symposia held at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9-13, 2008. Papers included deal with materials processing and manufacturing; structural materials; light metals; and electronic, magnetic and [...]
"Light Metals 2009" presents the most up-to-date information on the state of primary aluminum science and technology. It's a great mix of practical applied technology and hard science, which is of invaluable benefit to the global aluminum industry as it strives to cut costs and increase profitabilit[...]
East Macedonia in northern Greece has rich deposits of gold and silver as well as copper and iron ores. The gold and silver were important to Classical Athens and even more so to Alexander the Great's Hellenistic world. Copper was extracted as early as the Late Neolithic, and iron was worked from th[...]
Metals, Culture and Capitalism is an ambitious, broad-ranging account of the search for metals in Europe and the Near East from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution and the relationship between this and economic activity, socio-political structures and the development of capitalism. Continuin[...]
A landmark exploration of the role of metals across Europe and Asia from the Bronze Age to the Industrial Revolution.[...]