Keith Veronese
Chemistry PhD and science writer
Keith Veronese is a chemist and writer who wrote Rare, a book about the scarce metals used in modern technology and the lengths nations and companies go to obtain them.
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About Keith Veronese
Keith Veronese holds a doctorate in chemistry, awarded in 2011 by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has written for Gawker Media, including its science site io9, and for Alpha Brand Media. Rare looks at obscure metals that go into products ranging from smartphones to nuclear weapons, and at the efforts countries and companies make to obtain them from distant corners of the world. He also wrote Plugged In: Comic Book Professionals Working in the Video Game Industry, which TwoMorrows Publishing released in 2013.