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

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

Vince Beiser

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative slow-paced
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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...

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