The Quest

A riveting account of the quest for energy and energy security - from Daniel Yergin, bestselling author of "The Prize"

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Yergin is one of the most influential voices on energy, international politics and economics in the world. He is a recipient of the United States Energy Award for 'lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding' and is the vice chairman of IHS Markit. Yergin is the author of The Quest and received the Pulitzer Prize for The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, which became a number one bestseller and was made into an acclaimed eight-hour PBS/BBC series. Klappentext A riveting account of the quest for energy and energy security from the bestselling author of "The Prize". 'Compelling...The book's range is impressive...Yergin's gift is in distilling dry topics into a readable narrative' "Observer" Zusammenfassung 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.

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A riveting account of the quest for energy and energy security from the bestselling author of "The Prize". 'Compelling...The book's range is impressive...Yergin's gift is in distilling dry topics into a readable narrative' "Observer"

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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.