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Material World - A Substantial Story Of Our Past And Future (Paperback) Loot Price: R397
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Material World - A Substantial Story Of Our Past And Future (Paperback): Ed Conway

Material World - A Substantial Story Of Our Past And Future (Paperback)

Ed Conway

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A bold new story of human progress, told through six materials that built our world and will transform our future.

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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Imprint: W.H.Allen & Co Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2023
Authors: Ed Conway
Dimensions: 232 x 152 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 978-0-7535-5916-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General
Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General
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LSN: 0-7535-5916-1
Barcode: 9780753559161

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