Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Yergin is a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the United States Energy Award for lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding. He is both a world-recognized author and a business leader, as well as executive vice president of IHS.
Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for his work "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power," which became a number one best seller and was made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. The book has been translated into 17 languages and has just been released in a new updated edition.
Yergin holds a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar."
Mr. Yergin is back with a sequel to "The Prize." It is called "The
Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World,"
and, if anything, it s an even better book. It is searching,
impartial and alarmingly up to date "The Quest" will be necessary
reading for C.E.O. s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies,
tech geeks, thriller writers, ambitious terrorists and many others
"The Quest" is encyclopedic in its ambitions; it resists easy
synopsis. Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES
[A] sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky
details and amusing anecdotes... The tale is generously sprinkled
with facts debunking common misperceptions, and Mr. Yergin sagely
analyzes how well the energy industry really works. THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL
[An] important book a valuable primer on the basic issues that
define energy today. Yergin is careful in his analysis and never
polemical Despite that, "The Quest" makes it clear that energy
policy is not on the right course anywhere in the world and that
everyone on the left and the right, in the developed and the
developing world need to rethink strongly held positions. Fareed
Zakaria, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Mr Yergin s previous book, "The Prize," a history of the global oil
industry, had the advantage of an epic tale and wondrous timing
"The Quest," as its more open-ended title suggests, is a broader
and more ambitious endeavour "The Quest "is a masterly piece of
work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world s great energy
needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat.
THE ECONOMIST
It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his
perspective on a very different landscape [I]t is impossible to
think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the
21st century. In Yergin s lucid, easy prose, the 800 pages flow
freely "The Quest" is the definitive guide to how we got here. THE
FINANCIAL TIMES
"The Quest "is a book a tour de force, really that evaluates the
alternatives to oil so broadly and deeply that the physical tome
could double as a doorstop It is best read slowly, perhaps one
chapter per day maximum, if the goal is to actually absorb the rich
detail and sometimes complicated workings described by Yergin. USA
TODAY
The book then takes us on an exploration of the energy industry and
its history, touching down in so many remote corners of the globe,
filled with such a huge cast of sinister business magnates,
visionary scientists, political scoundrels and con men that it
sometimes reads like a novel. LOS ANGELES TIMES
"This fascinating saga is the definitive book on the most important
of global issues, the quest for sustainable sources of energy. Dan
Yergin, the prominent energy expert of our times, weaves together
security and environmental concerns to explain the system we have
toady and to analyze the sensible paths forward. This is one book
you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way
of life." Walter Isaacson, author of STEVE JOBS and EINSTEIN
""The Quest" by Daniel Yergin, one of the world's most experienced
and influential authorities on global energy, may well become the
definitive work on the science, history, and economics of this most
complex and important subject. This masterful and illuminating book
on one of the most vital issues of our time, one that will
powerfully influence international politics, economics, and nations
worldwide, should be essential reading for policymakers
everywhere." Dr. Henry Kissinger, author of ON CHINA
"In the magisterial style of his earlier global narrative of energy
politics, "The Prize," Daniel Yergin has again delivered a
sweeping, authoritative account of the science, economics, and
geopolitics of energy. His writing, as ever, is clear and
intelligent, and his subject could hardly be timelier." Steve Coll,
author of THE BIN LADENS and GHOST WARS
""The Quest" superbly captures the great questions of energy and
security that face our nation in this risky world. Daniel Yergin
identifies the key issues, demonstrates their urgency, and lays out
the choices. He does so with such deep expertise and with such
vivid narrative writing as to make this book both important and
compelling. It can help us see our way to a safer and sounder
energy future." Senator Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee"
"Mr. Yergin is back with a sequel to "The Prize." It is called "The
Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World,"
and, if anything, it's an even better book. It is searching,
impartial and alarmingly up to date... "The Quest" will be
necessary reading for C.E.O.'s, conservationists, lawmakers,
generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers, ambitious terrorists
and many others... "The Quest" is encyclopedic in its ambitions; it
resists easy synopsis." -- Dwight Garner, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"[A] sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky
details and amusing anecdotes... The tale is generously sprinkled
with facts debunking common misperceptions, and Mr. Yergin sagely
analyzes how well the energy industry really works." -- THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL
"[An] important book... a valuable primer on the basic issues that
define energy today. Yergin is careful in his analysis and never
polemical... Despite that, "The Quest" makes it clear that energy
policy is not on the right course anywhere in the world and that
everyone--on the left and the right, in the developed and the
developing world--need to rethink strongly held positions." --
Fareed Zakaria, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Mr Yergin's previous book, "The Prize," a history of the global
oil industry, had the advantage of an epic tale and wondrous
timing... "The Quest," as its more open-ended title suggests, is a
broader and more ambitious endeavour... "The Quest "is a masterly
piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world's great
energy needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat."
-- THE ECONOMIST
"It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his
perspective on a very different landscape... [I]t is impossible to
think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the
21st century. In Yergin's lucid, easy prose, the 800 pages flow
freely... "The Quest" is... the definitive guide to how we got
here." -- THE FINANCIAL TIMES
""The Quest "is a book--a tour de force, really--that evaluates the
alternatives to oil so broadly and deeply that the physical tome
could double as a doorstop... It is best read slowly, perhaps one
chapter per day maximum, if the goal is to actually absorb the rich
detail and sometimes complicated workings described by Yergin." --
USA TODAY
"The book then takes us on an exploration of the energy industry
and its history, touching down in so many remote corners of the
globe, filled with such a huge cast of sinister business magnates,
visionary scientists, political scoundrels and con men that it
sometimes reads like a novel." -- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"This fascinating saga is the definitive book on the most important
of global issues, the quest for sustainable sources of energy. Dan
Yergin, the prominent energy expert of our times, weaves together
security and environmental concerns to explain the system we have
toady and to analyze the sensible paths forward. This is one book
you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way
of life." -- Walter Isaacson, author of STEVE JOBS and EINSTEIN
""The Quest" by Daniel Yergin, one of the world's most experienced
and influential authorities on global energy, may well become the
definitive work on the science, history, and economics of this most
complex and important subject. This masterful and illuminating book
on one of the most vital issues of our time, one that will
powerfully influence international politics, economics, and nations
worldwide, should be essential reading for policymakers
everywhere." -- Dr. Henry Kissinger, author of ON CHINA
"In the magisterial style of his earlier global narrative of energy
politics, "The Prize," Daniel Yergin has again delivered a
sweeping, authoritative account of the science, economics, and
geopolitics of energy. His writing, as ever, is clear and
intelligent, and his subject could hardly be timelier." -- Steve
Coll, author of THE BIN LADENS and GHOST WARS
""The Quest" superbly captures the great questions of energy and
security that face our nation in this risky world. Daniel Yergin
identifies the key issues, demonstrates their urgency, and lays out
the choices. He does so with such deep expertise and with such
vivid narrative writing as to make this book both important and
compelling. It can help us see our way to a safer and sounder
energy future." -- Senator Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
"Mr Yergin's previous book, "The Prize," a history of the global
oil industry, had the advantage of an epic tale and wondrous
timing... "The Quest," as its more open-ended title suggests, is a
broader and more ambitious endeavour... "The Quest "is a masterly
piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world's great
energy needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat."
--THE ECONOMIST
"Mr Yergin's previous book, "The Prize", a history of the global
oil industry, had the advantage of an epic tale and wondrous
timing... "The Quest", as its more open-ended title suggests, is a
broader and more ambitious endeavour... "The Quest "is a masterly
piece of work and, as a comprehensive guide to the world's great
energy needs and dilemmas, it will be hard to beat."
--THE ECONOMIST
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