Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Ed Conway

562 pages digital 2023

12 editions

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Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control th...

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