{"product_id":"of-ice-and-men-how-weve-used-cold-to-transform-humanity-hardcover","title":"Of Ice and Men: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred Hogge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of humanity's relationship with ice since the dawn of civilization, \u003ci\u003eOf Ice and Men\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that only by understanding this unique substance can we save the ice on our planet--and perhaps ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIce tells a story. It writes it in rock. It lays it down, snowfall by snowfall at the ends of the earth where we may read it like the rings on a tree. It tells our planet's geological and climatological tale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ice tells another story too: a story about us. It is a tale packed with swash-buckling adventure and improbable invention, peopled with driven, eccentric, often brilliant characters. It tells how our species has used ice to reshape the world according to our needs and our desires: how we have survived it, harvested it, traded it, bent science to our will to make it--and how in doing so we have created globe-spanning infrastructures that are entirely dependent upon it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And even after we have done all that, we take ice so much for granted that we barely notice it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ice has supercharged the modern world. It has allowed us to feed ourselves and cure ourselves in ways unimaginable two hundred years ago. It has enabled the global population to rise from less than 1 billion to nearly 71\/2 billion--which just happens to cover the same period of time as humanity has harvested, manufactured, and distributed ice on an industrial scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet the roots of our fascination with ice and its properties run much deeper than the recent past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Hogge\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and film-maker who has long been in the business of storytelling. As a ghost-writer he has collaborated on books ranging from the history of cocktails to how the ancient Chinese art of \u003ci\u003eWing Tsun \u003c\/i\u003ecan be applied to modern businesses such as Penguin Random House and Hachette. Fred is British by birth and lives in Thailand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.51 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766679077152,"sku":"9781639361830","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/37c37652219f87691851e063ad0d1a2f.webp?v=1780296664","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/of-ice-and-men-how-weve-used-cold-to-transform-humanity-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}