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The World in a Grain

The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

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The World in a Grain

De: Vince Beiser
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A finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world - sand - and the crucial role it plays in our lives.

After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other - even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every computer screen and silicon chip, is made from sand. From Egypt's pyramids to the Hubble telescope, from the world's tallest skyscraper to the sidewalk below it, from Chartres' stained-glass windows to your iPhone, sand shelters us, empowers us, engages us, and inspires us. It's the ingredient that makes possible our cities, our science, our lives - and our future.

And, incredibly, we're running out of it.

The World in a Grain is the compelling true story of the hugely important and diminishing natural resource that grows more essential every day, and of the people who mine it, sell it, build with it - and sometimes, even kill for it. It's also a provocative examination of the serious human and environmental costs incurred by our dependence on sand, which has received little public attention. Not all sand is created equal: Some of the easiest sand to get to is the least useful.

Award-winning journalist Vince Beiser delves deep into this world, taking listeners on a journey across the globe, from the United States to remote corners of India, China, and Dubai to explain why sand is so crucial to modern life. Along the way, listeners encounter world-changing innovators, island-building entrepreneurs, desert fighters, and murderous sand pirates. The result is an entertaining and eye-opening work, one that is both unexpected and involving, rippling with fascinating detail and filled with surprising characters.

©2018 Vince Beiser (P)2018 Penguin Audio
Aire libre y Naturaleza Ambiente Ciencia Economía Economía Ambiental Industrial y de Fabricación Ingeniería Naturaleza y Ecología Recurso natural Ciudad Estados Unidos Environmental Economics

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“[An] impassioned and alarming report on sand.... In Beiser's artful telling, the planet is caught up in a vicious, sand-fueled cycle.” (Washington Post)

“Beiser peppers research with first-person interviews in an engaging and nuanced introduction to the ways sand has shaped the world.... stunning.” (NPR)

“Beiser’s eye-opening study clarifies the science and the huge role of sand in heavy and high-tech industry. Perhaps most compelling is his exposé of sand mining, which obliterates islands, destroys coral reefs and marine biodiversity, and threatens livelihoods. A powerful lens on an under-reported environmental crisis.” (Nature)

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it would have been a 5 if he stayed on topic.

returning several times to a very repetitive dialogue about the environmet ,climate change, water usage ,food resource, fossil fuels, etc. was more like the lecturing we hear constantly from the media today. if you can get past that you learn an enormous amount about sand

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​Sand Pirates

I have to agree with other reviewers that this is one of the best informational books that I've read. I'm read my fair share on water, dirt, dust and now sand. "The World in a Grain" is an awesome book on how we are depleting natural resources. Never knew that sand is so important to the construction industry and there are sand pirates out there as criminals.

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easy voice to listen to

The book covered a lot of ground and it did it in very simplistic ways. I appreciate it when authors don't flower up the language and I think this one was done very well.

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great info

I enjoyed the book. Eye opener. I like that the author was realistic. The sand industry is problematic, but we need sand. it is quite the dilemma, but one we can solve with innovation.

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A broad overview of sand and civilization

The book is more a compilation of stories and excerpts of the influence of sand, rather than a logical progresstion of the effects of sand on human civilization. However, it serves as a great overview of the utilization of sand in our society and the environmental harm that the many sand based industries inflict.

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Good information

Although I liked the information, it felt like the author was an advocate for ideologies I would call liberal.

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Best book of 2018

The book covers the science, engineering, history and economics of sand. It is amazing how important sand is to the modern world.

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sand book good

Great book, well written and more interesting than you would expect it from a book about sand. Would recommend to a friend.

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Very good but as much a warning as a wonder

Very informative and well narrated. I recommend it. I learned a lot about a resource that is all around us and has changed the world in so many ways yet we are running out of it. My only disappointment is the story is a focus more on the warning verses the wonder of it all. But that is probably the author’s point.

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interesting and important

I really liked this audio book. Learned a lot about a subject I never really thought about before. I think we should add sand to the elementary school curriculum lesson on natural resources along with water, air, soil, and trees. The narrator was very good too.

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