| ISBN |
1616149728
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781616149727
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
565.8
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| 個人著者標目 |
Veronese, Keith.
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| 本タイトル |
Rare :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
the high-stakes race to satisfy our need for the scarcest metals on Earth /
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| 著者名 |
Keith Veronese.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
Amherst, N.Y. :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Prometheus Books,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2015.
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| 数量 |
270 p., [8] p. of plates :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
col. ill. ;
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| 大きさ |
24 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Man and metal -- What is rare? -- Playing the long game -- Inside a single rock -- A scientific cold war -- Created in a nuclear reactor -- Counterfeiting gold -- Pale horses -- Golf clubs, iPhones, and tribal wars -- The concentration question -- Dirty recycling -- Afghanistan's path to prosperity -- Little silver -- The next precious metals -- When the well runs dry -- Going the distance.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
"How will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would falter, and laptops fail. Tantalum is not alone. Rhodium. Osmium. Niobium. Such refugees from the bottom of the periodic table are key components of many consumer products like cell phones, hybrid car batteries, and flat screen televisions, as well as sophisticated medical devices and even weapon systems. Their versatile properties have led manufacturers to seek these elements out to maximize longevity, value, and efficiency, but not without a human price. In addition to explaining the chemistry behind rare earth metals, Rare delves into the economic and geopolitical issues surrounding these "conflict minerals," blending tales of financial and political struggles with glimpses into the human lives that are shattered by the race to secure them. In the past decade, the Congo has been ravaged by tribal wars fought to obtain control of tantalum, tungsten, and tin supplies in the region, with over five million people dying at the crossroads of supply and demand. A burgeoning black market in China, Africa, and India is propped up by school-age children retrieving and purifying these metals while risking their lives and health in the process. Fears of future political struggles inside China, the world's largest supplier of these metals, have already sent the United States, Great Britain, and Japan racing to find alternative sources. Will scientists be able to create lab substitutes for some or all of these metals? Will Afghanistan be the next big supplier of rare metals? What happens when the limited supply runs out? Whatever the answers, it is clear that our modern lifestyle, dependent on technology, is far from stable"--
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| 一般件名 |
Rare earths.
SCIENCE -- General. |
| 資料情報1 |
『Creating a learning society :
a new approach to growth, development, and social progress /』（Kenneth J. Arrow lecture series） Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald ; [with commentary and contributions from Philippe Aghion, Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert M. Solow, and Michael Wood Ford]. Columbia University Press, c2014.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/361.5/S85/C
資料コード：7105605732）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352018220 |
