Sem' elementov,kotorye izmenili mir.Zhelezo,uglerod,zoloto,serebro,uran,titan,kre - Braun Dzh.

Modern science has endowed mankind with unprecedented power and the ability to influence the world around us. It is obvious that the judicious use of the hidden forces of chemical elements is the way to progress, unreasonable to death. This book is about how we humans are changing the planet. How, using for the benefit and at times to the detriment of a rich arsenal of chemical elements, irresistibly strive for new limits: knowledge, wealth, power and influence. How we create new industries and cities, how we destroy and destroy what we have enjoyed for decades.

Will humanity today be able to channel its forces and energy for the benefit of itself and the planet, to refrain from ill-considered actions, which have already been committed a lot? John Brown, an English businessman, engineer and historian who has led one of the world's largest oil-producing corporations, British Petroleum, for 12 years, is trying to find an answer to this question.