Award-winning journalist Mason Inman discusses his fascinating biography The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future. The first comprehensive biography of Marion King Hubbert, the "father of peak oil," The Oracle of Oil follows Hubbert from his early days as a University of Chicago undergraduate to his first, ill-fated forays into politics in the midcentury Technocracy movement, and charts his rise as a top geologist in the oil industry and energy expert within the U.S. government.
show less
Award-winning journalist Mason Inman discusses his fascinating biography The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist's Quest for a Sustainable Future. The first comprehensive biography of Marion King Hubbert, the "father of peak oil," The Oracle of Oil follows Hubbert from his early days as a University of Chicago undergraduate to his first, ill-fated forays into politics in the midcentury Technocracy movement, and charts his rise as a top geologist in the oil industry and energy expert within the U.S. government.
read more
show less
Date/Times:
1491 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
The Best Events
Every Week in Your Inbox
From Our Sponsors
UPCOMING EVENTS
Great suggestion! We'll be in touch.
Event reviewed successfully.