The enduring legacy of the tin can

What did a bronze age cook keep their food in? No tin cans then, but the humble object has transformed human life over millennia. Michael Cortie is a Physicist for the University of Technology, Sydney and he's got a particular fascination with the role tin has had in human development.

What did a bronze age cook keep their food in? No tin cans then, but the humble object has transformed human life over millennia. Michael Cortie is a Physicist for the University of Technology, Sydney and he’s got a particular fascination with the role tin has had in human development.

The enduring legacy of the tin can
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