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दुर्मिळ आणि विखुरलेले धातू : धातूंच्या कथा

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Speaking of elements, one of the delights of growing up in the 90s was the sudden access to hitherto unavailable literary and scientific gems from one of the former Soviet Union's leading scientific publishing companies, Mir Publishers. I discovered Venetsky's wonderful elemental romp through commonplace but still fascinating metals like gold, tungsten and molybdenum in an old used bookstore as a teenager and was stricken. Venetsky is an absolute delight especially when describing the role of coinage metals like copper and gold in history, and his writings are also liberally sprinkled with myths about these chemical wonders as well as descriptions of uses of elements such as 'rare' earth metals in everyday applications like electronics. Venetsky's book is one of those books which would make any boy or girl grow up to be a chemist.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

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Sergei Venetsky

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Sergei Iosifovich Venetsky - Soviet journalist, writer, metallurgical engineer. He was a member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR.

Author of 10 books and brochures, many articles in periodicals, including the journal "Non-ferrous metals".
Main topics: the world of metals, metallurgy, history of material culture.

From his creations:
* Stories about metals
* About rare and scattered
* Where the treasures are buried
* What does the ocean keep?

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October 29, 2013
من الكتب العلمية النادرة التي لا تجد صعوبة في قراءتها لغير المختصين. الكتاب من طباعة دار مير بموسكو، أيام الشيوعية، يوم أن كان كل شيء يصدر من الاتحاد السوڤييتي موجها ومسخرا بخدمة الشيوعية.

قرأته مرتين وتوقفت في الثالثة وقيدتُ فوائد منه. الغريب أنني لم أفعل مع كتبي الجامعية في نفس الاختصاص كما فعلت مع هذا الكتاب. والسبب أعزوه لكون الكتاب باللغة العربية، ومحررا بعناية لجعله ممتعا.

الكتاب في بعض مقاطعه يتعرض بشكل خبيث لرجال الدين، بما يعزز النظرة السلبية تجاهه كما هي نظرة الشيوعيين إليهم. ومن تأمل بعض مطبوعات دار مير، سيجد أنها طبعت حتما لترويج الفكر الشيوعي بين القراء.

من سمع بأي كتاب من إصدارات مير، أرجو منه أن يسدي إلي معروفا ويخبرني باسم الكتاب وأين أجده.
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February 1, 2016
Увлекательные рассказы о многообразии форм материала, без которого невозможно настоящее и будущее человечества. Тёплые и ламповые как щепотка радия.

Каждая глава посвящена отдельному металлу, в которой представлена история открытия, физические свойства, способы добычи, и применения. Популярное изложение металлической части таблицы Менделеева, для детей и взрослых.

За чтением в метро книги о металлах заметнее стучат колеса и сильнее ощущается прохлада поручня.
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January 27, 2018
كتاب شيق يحكي قصة اكتشافات بعضها لولا الصدفة لم يكن. كما يبين دور التفاني في اكتشاف بعض العناصر الأساسية في حياتنا اليوم.
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كتاب ممتع و شيق كعادة دار مير و إصدارتها فى مواضيع التأسيس العلمى
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July 15, 2018
The translation in Korean was poor. As a structural engineer, solving mechanics problems is not good enough to reconstruct civil engineering field. Handling materials issues is necessary to do that. This book is also an introduction to metals. As you might see and guess, the author introduces it with familiar explanation like finding and mixing metals like cooking.
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April 16, 2015
Venetsky's writing style is that of an old story-teller as he recalls the history of discovery (and sometimes mis-discovery) of the rare elements. Packed with interesting and useful information, this book is also enjoyable to read.
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