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Did you know that the oldest worked gold in the world was not found in Egypt or Mesopotamia, nor in China or India? Or that by the end of the third millennium B.C. our ancestors were already extracting it from the subsoil? Do you know its strange chemical properties or why we choose it to compare the value of things?Throughout these pages, you will parade before you a varied gallery of characters: kings and emperors, ancient pirates and modern entrepreneurs, visionary alchemists and daring swindlers, all seduced by the irresistible glow of gold. "Where does so much attraction come from?" Well,…mehr

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Did you know that the oldest worked gold in the world was not found in Egypt or Mesopotamia, nor in China or India? Or that by the end of the third millennium B.C. our ancestors were already extracting it from the subsoil? Do you know its strange chemical properties or why we choose it to compare the value of things?Throughout these pages, you will parade before you a varied gallery of characters: kings and emperors, ancient pirates and modern entrepreneurs, visionary alchemists and daring swindlers, all seduced by the irresistible glow of gold. "Where does so much attraction come from?" Well, when you've finished the book, and to paraphrase Sam Spade, that famous detective protagonist of The Maltese Falcon, you may come to the conclusion that perhaps gold is not made of protons and neutrons after all, but of the stuff that dreams are made of."
Autorenporträt
Alejandro Navarro (Madrid, 1961) es bioquímico y doctor en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Durante más de veinte años ha sido directivo internacional en compañías multinacionales de los sectores del petróleo y las energías renovables, y en la actualidad ejerce como profesor universitario y experto en organización de empresas. Investigador, divulgador y gran conocedor de la historia de la ciencia, está especializado en ciencia y tecnología en la Antigüedad, en particular en aquellas áreas relacionadas con la química. Colabora habitualmente con diversos medios de comunicación y es autor de El científico que derrotó a Hitler y otros ensayos sobre la Historia de la Ciencia, El secreto de Prometeo y otras historias sobre la Tabla Periódica de los Elementos, Los vikingos de Marte y otras historias científicas sobre la búsqueda de vida extraterrestre, La ciencia de la inmortalidad, Eso no estaba en mi libro de Historia de la Química e Historia de la energía, todos ellos publicados en esta editorial. @Alexny_85