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Material World
By Ed Conway
Six essential materials reveal how civilisation was built and why control of them will shape the future.
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Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium sit at the centre of human progress. From mines and chip factories to the raw places where lithium begins, the narrative follows the hidden journeys that turn common materials into the products modern life depends on.
Readers interested in technology, history and geopolitics will find a wide-angle account of how these substances shaped the past and why they matter more than ever amid climate change, energy pressure and global conflict.
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