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Pacific silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers Simon Winchester First HarperLuxe edition. edition
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Pacific silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers
Simon Winchester
| Media | Books Book |
| Released | October 27, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780062421630 |
| Pages | 693 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 748 g |
| Language | English |
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