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The world in a grain: the story of sand and how it transformed civilization
The world in a grain: the story of sand and how it transformed civilization
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Beiser, Vince, 1965-
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English
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The most important solid substance on Earth
Part I. How sand built the twentieth century's industrialized world
The skeleton of cities
Paved with good intentions
The thing that lets us see everything
Part II. How sand is building the twenty-first century's globalized, digitized world
High tech, high purity
Fracking facilitator
Miami Beach-less
Man-made lands
Desert war
Concrete conquers the city
Beyond sand.
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Sand
Technology and civilization
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9780399576423
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