{"product_id":"material-world-a-substantial-story-of-our-past-and-future","title":"Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2023\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium. They built our world, and they will transform our future. They took us from the Dark Ages to the present day. They power our computers and phones, build our homes and offices, and create life-saving medicines. But most of us take these six crucial materials completely for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMaterial World\u003c\/em\u003e, Ed Conway travels the globe to uncover a secret world we rarely see. As we wrestle with climate change, energy crises and the threat of new global conflict, Conway shows why these substances matter more than ever before, and how the hidden battle to control them will shape our geopolitical future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ed Conway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59282417484121,"sku":"9780753559178","price":19.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1069\/9056\/7769\/files\/9780753559178.jpg?v=1788368292","url":"https:\/\/thetwotrickpony.ch\/products\/material-world-a-substantial-story-of-our-past-and-future","provider":"The Two Trick Pony","version":"1.0","type":"link"}