Seven Elements That Changed the World - An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery - Softcover

Browne, John

 
9781605986913: Seven Elements That Changed the World - An Adventure of Ingenuity and Discovery
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1605986917 ISBN 13: 9781605986913
Verlag: Pegasus Books, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe in an instant. Uranium is both productive (nuclear power) and destructive (nuclear bombs); iron is the bloody weapon of war, but also the economic tool of peace; our desire for alluring gold is the foundation of global trade, but has also led to the death of millions. John Browne, CEO of British Petroleum (BP) for twelve years, vividly describes how seven elements are shaping the world around us, for better and for worse.Seven Elements

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John Browne was born in Germany in 1948 and joined BP as a university apprentice in 1966, rising to Group Chief Executive from 1995 to 2007, where he built a reputation as a visionary leader, regularly voted the most admired businessman by his peers. This is his fifth book.

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Verlag
Pegasus Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1605986917
ISBN 13 
9781605986913
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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