Kyle Harrison
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The Quest — Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- Author
- Daniel Yergin
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 816
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Yergin’s sequel to The Prize, carrying the energy story past oil into gas, nuclear, renewables and climate politics.
Where I saw it: A reply to @WillManidis’s question on X, June 2, 2025 — “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/willmanidis/status/1929527399718269081
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Energy · Technological Innovation — where this sits in the corpus.