Gold & Other Precious Metals (Tell Me Why #77)
100+ Facts About Metals that Rule
Manorama | February 2013 | PDF | 98 pages | 15.5 mb
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GORGEOUS GOLD
Gold has always been a magic word, throughout the history of mankind. With its pleasing glitter and surprising malleability, this precious metal has influenced the life of Man in all its aspects. This metal, with its Midas touch, has transformed history, science, literature and every other sphere of human activity. For instance, the search for gold - changed the course of history, through explorations, conquests, and settlements.
Efforts to find an easy way to'make gold' out of cheaper metals developed into a pseudo-science named Alchemy, and this, ultimately led to the birth of an invaluable branch of scientific knowledge - Chemistry.
This issue of Tell Me Why traces the fascinating story of gold and other precious metals.

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