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Material World The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Ed Conway

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grids, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls “the eth...

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It was mentioned as a source of information regarding the UK's glass shortage during World War I, which led to a ban on the sale of binoculars.

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If you want to learn more about why that was, you should read British journalist Ed Conway's book, The Material World.

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Episode: MFM Minisode 345

It was mentioned as a source of information regarding the UK's glass shortage during World War I, which led to a ban on the sale of binoculars.

"

If you want to learn more about why that was, you should read British journalist Ed Conway's book, The Material World.

Again, it's called The Material World by Ed Conway.

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