Material World : A Substantial Story Of Our Past And Future
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**Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award**Picked as a Book of the Year by THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST and NEW STATESMANA BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week’A compelling narrative of the human story’ TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography’Lively, rich and exciting..
full of surprises’ PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads_____________Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium
They built our world, and they will transform our future
These are the six most crucial substances in human history
They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day
They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving medicines
But most of us take them completely for granted
In Material World, Ed Conway travels the globe – from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe, to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan, to the eerie green pools where lithium originates – to uncover a secret world we rarely see
Revealing the true marvel of these substances, he follows the mind-boggling journeys, miraculous processes and little-known companies that turn the raw materials we all need into products of astonishing complexity
As we wrestle with climate change, energy crises and the threat of new global conflict, Conway shows why these substances matter more than ever before, and how the hidden battle to control them will shape our geopolitical future
This is the story of civilisation – our ambitions and glory, innovations and appetites – from a new perspective: literally from the ground up.
Format: Hardback 512 pages
Classifications: Popular economics, Economic history, Impact of science & technology on society, History of science, Economic geology, Materials science, Mining technology & engineering
ISBN : 9780753559154
Published : 15 Jun 2023
Author : Ed Conway
Size : 164 x 243 x 49 (mm)
Weight : N/A
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