From the use of metals by prehistoric man to the alchemical experiments of medieval and renaissance man to the complex chemical skills of contemporary man, Asimov traces the development of this building block of our technological world.
- ISBN10 0313207690
- ISBN13 9780313207693
- Publish Date 22 October 1979 (first published 13 November 1972)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher ABC-CLIO
- Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 263
- Language English