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Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

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Material World is a book that explores the six crucial materials that have shaped our world and will transform our future. It was shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize and longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Ebury Publishing


THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *An Economist , Financial Times , Times , and New Statesman Book of the Year* Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize,Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize Compelling TIM MARSHALL Lively,rich and exciting PETER FRANKOPAN Vitally important TIM HARFORD _____________ Sand,salt,iron,copper,oil and lithium. They built our world,and they will transform our future. 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 these six crucial materials completely for granted. In Material World ,Ed Conway travels the globe to uncover a secret world we rarely see. 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.

Material World


The Sunday Times Bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week

An Economist, Financial Times, Times, and New Statesman Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize

Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize

Compelling

TIM MARSHALL

Lively, rich, and exciting

PETER FRANKOPAN

Vital

TIM HARFORD

Sand, Salt, Iron, Copper, Oil, and Lithium


They built our world, and they will transform our future.

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 these six crucial materials completely for granted.

In "Material World," Ed Conway travels the globe to uncover a secret world we rarely see.

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.

Weight: 402g
Dimension: 126 x 198 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780753559178

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