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The book considers the principal materials used throughout history, from wood and [...]</div></div></div></div></div><div data-elementor-type="loop-item" data-elementor-id="159" class="elementor elementor-159 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2005 post-2005 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library" data-custom-edit-handle="1"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8d111af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="8d111af" data-element_type="container"><div class="e-con-inner"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-629df12 news-info elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="629df12" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"><li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-95f7eef elementor-inline-item" 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<em>Growth</em></a></h4></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e62b957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt" data-id="e62b957" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-excerpt.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><p>Posted on June 15, 2023 2023 by Vaclav Smil In early 2023 Liam Shaw, a computational biologist in the Department of Biology [...]</div></div></div></div></div><div data-elementor-type="loop-item" data-elementor-id="159" class="elementor elementor-159 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1991 post-1991 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library" data-custom-edit-handle="1"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8d111af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="8d111af" data-element_type="container"><div class="e-con-inner"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-629df12 news-info elementor-align-left elementor-widget 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