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Material World - A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future (Hardcover)
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Material World - A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future (Hardcover)
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List price R705
Loot Price R580
Discovery Miles 5 800
You Save R125 (18%)
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'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.
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