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Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin is the author of the bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World which has been hailed as "a fascinating saga" about the "quest for sustainable resources of energy," and "the book you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way of... show more

Daniel Yergin is the author of the bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World which has been hailed as "a fascinating saga" about the "quest for sustainable resources of energy," and "the book you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way of life," not to mention "necessary reading for C.E.O.'s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers. . . and many others."He received the Pulitzer Prize for The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power, which became a number one New York Times best seller and has been translated into 17 languages.Dr. Yergin is Vice Chairman of IHS and Founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and serves as CNBC's Global Energy Expert.Other books by Dr. Yergin include Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. Dr. Yergin has also written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, and many other publications.Both The Prize and Commanding Heights were made into award winning documentaries. The eight-hour miniseries The Prize was aired on PBS, BBC, and NHK and viewed by 20 million viewers in the United States alone. The 6-hour documentary Commanding Heights that Dr. Yergin produced received three Emmy nominations, and the New York Festivals Gold World Medal for best documentary.Dr. Yergin serves on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board and chaired the US Department of Energy's Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, on the Board of the New America Foundation, and on the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative.Dr. Yergin holds a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.
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Blogged Out Ma Nut
Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it 11 years ago
As with [b:The Prize|392162|The Prize (The Epic Quest For Oil, Money and Power, Part I)|Daniel Yergin|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1174402169s/392162.jpg|163531], this is a difficult subject to be enthused about, but I left with what I wanted: a slew of interesting facts to use in my u...
Blogged Out Ma Nut
Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it 12 years ago
Is the narrative impressive in scope? Definitely.Is the information meticulously detailed? Undoubtedly.Is this one of the dullest tomes to ever strain my wrists for months? Unequivocally my good man!
"Check Six"
"Check Six" rated it 17 years ago
Started this one 10 years ago and only got part way in. Now would be a good time to pick this up and retry.
11811
11811 rated it 22 years ago
The best non-fiction book I ever read. Its a history of almost everything that has happened since the discovery of oil and through the first Gulf War.
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