| The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World Revised, Update Edition Contributor(s): Yergin, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143121944 ISBN-13: 9780143121947 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Energy |
| Dewey: 333.79 |
| Physical Information: 1.55" H x 5.39" W x 8.49" (1.52 lbs) 864 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . ." --Wall Street Journal "It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here." --The Financial Times This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future. |