The Quest

Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World

Daniel Yergin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

864 Seiten

2012
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-241-95777-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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 vice chairman of IHS and founder of IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates, the leading research and consulting firm in its field, and serves as CNBC's Global Energy Expert.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2012
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	131 x 198 mm
Gewicht	584 g
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10	0-241-95777-X / 024195777X
ISBN-13	978-0-241-95777-6 / 9780241957776
Zustand	Neuware