An eye-opening celebration of human ingenuity -- Andrew Hill - Financial Times, Best Books of 2023 - Business

Lively, rich and exciting ... full of surprises. Underlines that to understand global geopolitics, you need to understand natural resources and geology -- Peter Frankopan, author of THE SILK ROADS

Fascinating . . . A revelation - The Times, Best Science and Environment Books of 2023

A compelling narrative of the human story -- Tim Marshall, author of PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY

Brilliant -- Martin Wolf - Financial Times - Best Summer Books of 2023: Economics

Fascinating, fun, and vitally important. A wonderful exploration of the world we've built yet somehow manage to ignore -- Tim Harford, bestselling author of HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD ADD UP

Revealing and empowering - New Statesman, Best Summer Books of 2023

Expansive, erudite, and edifying. A stunning insight into the materials that shaped our history and built the modern world -- Prof. Lewis Dartnell, author of 'BEING HUMAN: How our Biology shaped World History'

[An] enlightening account... he throws new light on how the world works... Not a sentence jars in Material World - The Times

A vivid guide to the “material world” on which we all, often unconsciously, rely – and essential background reading to understand securonomics -- Rachel Reeves - New Statesman, Books of the Year 2023

'[Conway's] book deconstructs the modern world for us to see inside ... As we fret and argue about how to tackle climate change, economic development and geopolitical tensions, this book is a timely reminder of our reliance on physical stuff, and offers a challenging, practical perspective on these debates ... Enlightening - Bloomberg

Goes straight on the 'must-read' list ... Conway is one of the most adroit commentators on economics and business of our time - City AM

A stunning book that will transform the way you think about economics and life. Brilliantly written -- Matthew Syed, author of REBEL IDEAS

[A] masterful exploration of the materials that underpin civilisation . . . The biography of an element or material is now a familiar format . . . but what distinguishes Material World is his access . . . This is not a remote, academic analysis: he has been to the salt mines beneath the North Sea, the mineral railway of the Atacama Desert, the Chilean town being swallowed by the world's demand for copper -- Will Dunn - New Statesman

Endlessly fascinating -- Adrian Chiles

Conway's gripping explanation of a worl