Gold
Nature and Culture
Distributed for Reaktion Books
224 pages
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70 color plates, 30 halftones
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5 3/4 x 8 1/4
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© 2016
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: In Search of Gold
1. Wearable Gold
2. Gold, Religion and Power
3. Gold as Money
4. Gold as Medium of Art
5. From Alchemy to Outer Space: Gold in Science
6. Dangerous Gold
References
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Associations and Websites
Acknowledgments
Photo Acknowledgments
Index
1. Wearable Gold
2. Gold, Religion and Power
3. Gold as Money
4. Gold as Medium of Art
5. From Alchemy to Outer Space: Gold in Science
6. Dangerous Gold
References
Select Bibliography
Associations and Websites
Acknowledgments
Photo Acknowledgments
Index
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