{"product_id":"rubber-the-social-and-natural-history-of-an-indispensable-substance","title":"Rubber: The Social and Natural History of an Indispensable Substance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vidya Rajan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 10-03-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e Refer to Sapnet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About the Book\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTHIS 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n'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?\u003cbr\u003e\nNatural sciences expert Vidya Rajan takes us back in time to the Mesoamerican civilisation when rubber extracted from trees was used for a surprising variety of purposes: from playing an early version of football to making waterproof footwear. She tells us about the patent wars that it sparked. Of how the demand for rubber triggered a terrible, gory exploitation of the native populations of the Amazon Basin and the Congo—regions where rubber trees were found in abundance. Of how rubber came into existence at all, over aeons of existential struggle between plants and animals, and how it shaped them both.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis fascinating social and natural history of rubber will lay bare the extraordinary story of an ancient substance that underpins the fabric of our everyday lives.'\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVidya Rajan is a science aficionado. She holds several degrees in the natural sciences and an expired high school science teaching certificate from four different universities on three continents. She writes a monthly science column called ‘Inner Nature’ and has kept it going for seven years so far. She is married to a congenial man and has two pleasant sons and two agreeable daughters-in-law. She reads copiously and enjoys thinking and red wine; loves dogs, nature walks, cooking and woodworking. Vidya currently works as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences at the University of Delaware, and as a technical writer for a biotechnology company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789360455873\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Context","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51207384301872,"sku":"VarietyBook_9789360455873","price":375.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71HvUIwxuLL.jpg?v=1773980106","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/rubber-the-social-and-natural-history-of-an-indispensable-substance","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}