Нефть. От первых скважин до новой эпохи

Neft — nezamenimoe chernoe zoloto ili neekologichniei istochnik katastrof? Eshe so vremen shumerov ee primeniali vo mnogih sferah chelovecheskoi jizni. No v kakoi je moment neft stala centralniem instrumentom mirovoi ekonomiki i politiki? Segodnia chelovechestvo aktivno razrabatievaet sposobie ee naibolee racionalnogo ispolzovaniia, i slojno naiti predmet v nashem obihode, kotoriei ne biel bie sdelan iz produktov ee pererabotki. Eta kniga — puteshestvie v istoriu chelovechestva, nerazrievno sviazannuu s neftu: iz nedr zemli v sovershenno novuu epohu.

Is oil an irreplaceable black gold or a non—ecological source of disasters? Since the time of the Sumerians, it has been used in many areas of human life. But at what point did oil become the central instrument of the global economy and politics? Today, humanity is actively developing ways to use it most efficiently, and it is difficult to find an item in our everyday life that would not be made from its processed products. This book is a journey into the history of mankind, inextricably linked with oil: from the bowels of the earth into a completely new era.