# The World in a Grain

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- Book: [The World in a Grain](https://www.bookquiver.com/vince-beiser/the-world-in-a-grain) ([The World in a Grain.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vince-beiser/the-world-in-a-grain.md))
- Authors: [Vince Beiser](https://www.bookquiver.com/vince-beiser)
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- ISBN: 978-03-9957-644-7
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2019-08-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After...