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The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization

byVince Beiser

Focused on the Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization, The World in a Grain brings Vince Beiser's science narrative to a complex and consequential subject. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of nature and science. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9780399576447