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The Quest — Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

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The Quest — Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Full titleThe Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
AuthorDaniel Yergin
Published2011
Pages816
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listDaniel Yergin’s sequel to The Prize, carrying the energy story past oil into gas, nuclear, renewables and climate politics.

Where I heard about it

  • @WillManidis’s thread — named in the replies to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025.

Connections

  • what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • Energy · Technological Innovation — where this sits in the corpus.
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