Should be a book forum.
Apr 3, 2024 17:48:43 GMT -6
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Cool Papa Con and str8shooter like this
Post by edwindrood on Apr 3, 2024 17:48:43 GMT -6
So much fiction never makes it to the screen, and even less non-fiction. I know there are readers here. C'mon mods.
A start.
Non-fiction
Material World
Ed Conway
I'm only about 1/3 through this but its still fascinating, especially if you're interested in how our increasingly complex world works. The book explores 6 different materials; sand, salt, iron, lithium, oil and copper. Where are they? How do we extract them? How do they affect national security? The first section involves sand. Sand? You might say... What do we do with sand? First- glass. Glass needed for telescopes needed in war. Concrete needed in infrastructure all over the planet, and of course silicone used in the computers that rule the world. You may be thinking "sand is sand". Oh, how wrong. In fact there is one sand source in North Carolina, so critical to the semiconductor industry, that it's surrounded by a 12 foot fence topped with razor wire.
A terrific book.
A start.
Non-fiction
Material World
Ed Conway
I'm only about 1/3 through this but its still fascinating, especially if you're interested in how our increasingly complex world works. The book explores 6 different materials; sand, salt, iron, lithium, oil and copper. Where are they? How do we extract them? How do they affect national security? The first section involves sand. Sand? You might say... What do we do with sand? First- glass. Glass needed for telescopes needed in war. Concrete needed in infrastructure all over the planet, and of course silicone used in the computers that rule the world. You may be thinking "sand is sand". Oh, how wrong. In fact there is one sand source in North Carolina, so critical to the semiconductor industry, that it's surrounded by a 12 foot fence topped with razor wire.
A terrific book.
