Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization -- Ed Conway, Paperback

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Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization -- Ed Conway, PaperbackTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations and fed our ingenuity and our greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. The fiber

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