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Material World
By Ed Conway
Archival Summary & Scope
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEAN 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 historically shaped empires and continue to fuel our modern ingenuity. Though we live in a digital age, our 21st-century lives are deeply rooted in the material; in 2017 alone, more "stuff" was extracted from the earth than in all of human history before 1950. In *Material World*, Ed Conway embarks on an epic global journey—from Europe's deepest mines to Taiwan's silicon chip factories and lithium-rich pools—to reveal the human networks and miraculous processes that transform raw resources into the wonders of our contemporary world. This is the story of human civilization from the ground up, offering an essential new perspective on our material reality.
Categorization Notes
This literature has been indexed in the Read For Truth database under the primary pillar of Technology. It is cataloged here based on its relevance to established secondary research, thematic focus, and educational utility within this specific taxonomy.
