Conclusion : slow metal. Inventors, investors, and industry -- Metal of war, for war, and by war -- Speed metal -- Mobile homes -- Alcoa cruising the Caribbean -- Dark dreams : from Russia, India, and Guinea -- Frozen electricity : saving Iceland -- Aluminum renaissance -- Conclusion : slow metal.
Summary:
Aluminum shaped the twentieth century. It enabled high-speed travel and gravity-defying flight. It was the material of a streamlined aesthetic that came to represent modernity. And it became an essential ingredient in industrial and domestic products that ranged from airplanes and cars to designer chairs and artificial Christmas trees.
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