cam a22 4 4500 530200775 CHVBK 20201001101754.0 181026t20182018xxu b||| 001 0 eng| 978-0-399-57642-3 (hardcover) 0-399-57642-8 978-0-399-57643-0 e-book (NEBIS)011259391 (VAUD)991021194395802852 (OCoLC)1013500187 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023518834002851 DLC fre SzZuIDS NEBIS HES-HEIG-VD rda TA455.S3 B45 2018 620.1/91 23 Beiser Vince auteur aut The world in a grain the story of sand and how it transformed civilization Vince Beiser New York Riverhead Books 2018 294 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index The most important solid substance on Earth -- Part I. How sand built the twentieth century's industrialized world -- The skeleton of cities -- Paved with good intentions -- The thing that lets us see everything -- Part II. How sand is building the twenty-first century's globalized, digitized world -- High tech, high purity -- Fracking facilitator -- Miami Beach-less -- Man-made lands -- Desert war -- Concrete conquers the city -- Beyond sand 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 the smartphone in your hand, sand shelters us, connects 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 little-noticed, but deadly serious human and environmental costs incurred by our dependence on sand. Sand Technology and civilization Sand fast Technology and civilization fast BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics bisacsh NATURE / Natural Resources bisacsh SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistr) bisacsh EXPLOITATION DU SOL/FACTEURS ECONOMIQUES fre (ETHUDK)000010549 ethudk EXPLOITATION DU SOL/FACTEURS SOCIAUX fre (ETHUDK)000010548 ethudk FACTEURS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX DAND L'EXPLOITATION DU SOL fre (ETHUDK)000010546 ethudk SABLE (MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION) fre (ETHUDK)000035029 ethudk SABLE GISEMENTS fre (ETHUDK)000020739 ethudk UTILISATION DE LA TERRE fre (ETHUDK)000010542 ethudk ÉPUISEMENT OU GASPILLAGE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DES MATIÈRES PREMIÈRES (PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT) fre (ETHUDK)000012408 ethudk u SABLE (MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION) fre 691.223 nebis E1 u SABLE GISEMENTS fre 553.623 nebis E1 u ÉPUISEMENT OU GASPILLAGE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DES MATIÈRES PREMIÈRES (PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT) fre 504.052 nebis E1 u UTILISATION DE LA TERRE fre 332.3 nebis E1 u EXPLOITATION DU SOL/FACTEURS ECONOMIQUES fre 332.365 nebis E1 u FACTEURS ENVIRONNEMENTAUX DAND L'EXPLOITATION DU SOL fre 332.36 nebis E1 u EXPLOITATION DU SOL/FACTEURS SOCIAUX fre 332.364 nebis E1 u SAND (BAUSTOFFE) ger 691.223 nebis E1 u SAND (BUILDING MATERIALS) eng 691.223 nebis E1 u SAND (LAGERSTÄTTEN) ger 553.623 nebis E1 u SANDS (MINERAL DEPOSITS) eng 553.623 nebis E1 u RAUBBAU UND MISSWIRTSCHAFT AN NATÜRLICHEN RESSOURCEN (UMWELTSCHUTZ) ger 504.052 nebis E1 u DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES (ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION) eng 504.052 nebis E1 u BODENNUTZUNG ger 332.3 nebis E1 u LAND USE eng 332.3 nebis E1 u WIRTSCHAFTSFAKTOREN DER BODENNUTZUNG ger 332.365 nebis E1 u ECONOMIC FACTORS IN LAND USE eng 332.365 nebis E1 u UMWELTFAKTOREN DER BODENNUTZUNG ger 332.36 nebis E1 u ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING LAND USE eng 332.36 nebis E1 u SOZIALFAKTOREN DER BODENNUTZUNG ger 332.364 nebis E1 u SOCIAL FACTORS IN LAND USE eng 332.364 nebis E1 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Metadata rights reserved vaud E62-20180815 nebis EN s1an rnv VAUD bcur bcur RIA 8315 ENGLISH 810020020 NEBIS E62 E62 E62BI 502 BEIS 32379 NEBIS 100 1- Beiser Vince auteur aut VAUD 100 1- Beiser Vince aut SWISSBIB 530200775