Нефть. От первых скважин до новой эпохи

Neftʹ - nezamenimoe chernoe zoloto ili neėkologichnyĭ istochnik katastrof? Eshche so vremen shumerov ee primeni͡ali vo mnogikh sferakh chelovecheskoĭ zhizni. No v kakoĭ zhe moment neftʹ stala t͡sentralʹnym instrumentom mirovoĭ ėkonomiki i politiki? Segodni͡a chelovechestvo aktivno razrabatyvaet sposoby ee naibolee rat͡sionalʹnogo ispolʹzovanii͡a, i slozhno naĭti predmet v nashem obikhode, kotoryĭ ne byl by sdelan iz produktov ee pererabotki. Ėta kniga - puteshestvie v istorii͡u chelovechestva, nerazryvno svi͡azannui͡u s neftʹi͡u: iz nedr zemli v sovershenno novui͡u ėpokhu.

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.