{"product_id":"aluminum-in-america-quentin-r-skrabec-9780786499557","title":"Aluminum in America: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quentin R. Skrabec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786499559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786499557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Quentin R. Skrabec","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227541074175,"sku":"9780786499557","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6373a07a-8615-4c02-9768-ca2b5177f9e1.jpg?v=1692809242","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aluminum-in-america-quentin-r-skrabec-9780786499557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}