- Penguin Group
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Key Metrics
- Daniel Yergin
- Penguin Group
- Paperback
- 9780143121947
- 8.49 X 5.39 X 1.55 inches
- 1.52 pounds
- Political Science > Security (National & International)
- English
Book Description
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them.
The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
Author Bio
Dr. Daniel Yergin is a recognized authority on energy, international politics and economics. He is Vice Chairman of IHS Markit and chairman of its CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference.
He is the author of several books including The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book is The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World.
In 2014 the U.S. Department of Energy presented Dr. Yergin with the first “James R. Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security.” He is a recipient of the United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.”
Dr. Yergin is a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Brookings Institution. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and a director of the United States Energy Association. He is a member of the advisory boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative and of the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy.
Source: Energy.gov
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