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Quest
Daniel Yergin
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Description for Quest
Paperback. Shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the new energies that are competing to replace them, and the battle over climate change. This book reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 616.
In The Quest, master storyteller, leading energy expert and Pulitzer prize-winner for The Prize, Daniel Yergin shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a gripping story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the new energies that are competing to replace them, and the battle over climate change. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
In The Quest, master storyteller, leading energy expert and Pulitzer prize-winner for The Prize, Daniel Yergin shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a gripping story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the new energies that are competing to replace them, and the battle over climate change. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
864
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241957776
SKU
V9780241957776
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin is one of the most highly respected and influential authorities in the world on energy, international politics and economics. He received the Pulitzer for The Prize, which became a number one bestseller and was made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by millions of people around the world. He is chairman of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, the leading research and consulting firm in its field, and serves as CNBC's Global Energy Expert.
Reviews for Quest
Daniel Yergin is the closest thing we have to an energy seer
Washington Post
If you were in any doubt about what makes the world go round, Daniel Yergin can enlighten you ... a comprehensive picture of the nexus between power, politics and oil
Danny Fortson
Sunday Times
Compelling ... The book's range is impressive ... Yergin's gift is in distilling dry topics into a readable narrative
Observer
Required reading ...The Quest is a masterly piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world's great energy needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat
Economist
It is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the twenty-first century... the definitive guide to how we got here
Ed Crooks
Financial Times
Washington Post
If you were in any doubt about what makes the world go round, Daniel Yergin can enlighten you ... a comprehensive picture of the nexus between power, politics and oil
Danny Fortson
Sunday Times
Compelling ... The book's range is impressive ... Yergin's gift is in distilling dry topics into a readable narrative
Observer
Required reading ...The Quest is a masterly piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world's great energy needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat
Economist
It is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the twenty-first century... the definitive guide to how we got here
Ed Crooks
Financial Times