Produktinformation
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.Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-100143121944
ISBN-139780143121947
eBay Product ID (ePID)165933561
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
VerlagPenguin Lcc Us
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Anzahl der Seiten832 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
PublikationsnameThe Quest
ProduktartLehrbuch
AutorDaniel Yergin
FormatTaschenbuch
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Item Length21cm
Item Width14cm