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Rubber: The Social and Natural History of an Indispensable Substance

By Vidya Rajan
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By Vidya Rajan
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THIS FASCINATING SOCIAL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF RUBBER WILL LAY BARE THE SHOCKING STORY OF AN ANCIENT SUBSTANCE THAT EXISTS QUIETLY IN THE BACKDROP OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

'The Aztecs and the Mayas believed that rubber possessed immense cosmic significance. Today, it is an indispensable and omnipresent part of human society. But how did the journey of the substance take the turns that it did, transforming it from an object of amusing curiosity to one of necessity?

Natural sciences...