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Lindsay Shen

Silver


Nature and Culture
2017. 240 p. 100 ill. 212 mm
Verlag/Jahr: REAKTION BOOKS 2017
ISBN: 1-78023-756-1 (1780237561)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78023-756-5 (9781780237565)

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From silver spoons to silver bullets, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we´ve used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies and trumpet our social status. Silver vanquishes our insecurities, as well as vampires, werewolves and our smelly socks. Once valued primarily for its beauty and rarity, silver is now also exploited for its chemistry; while it used to lubricate markets, bolster dowries and pay armies, now it permeates our electronics, textiles and medical devices. Silver was formed through the supernovas of stars, and its history continues to be marked by cataclysm.