Subtitled The people and events that made Canada a global leader in mining exploration in the 20th Century<\/em>, this new book by Norman Reed Paterson made a splash when it was published this year. Wrote Mining Magazine<\/a>: “This is a story that had to be told. It is the story of how a handful of Canadians, awakened by the potential of a new technology, inspired to apply it to their country\u2019s resources, encouraged by a sympathetic and proactive government, and funded by investors who were willing to take risks, made Canada the foremost nation in the world in the exploration for mineral resources… What is not generally known is that these pioneers created a professional community that has been responsible directly or indirectly for almost half the post-1950 mineral discoveries on the planet, trillions of dollars of distributed wealth, and a Canadian reputation throughout the world for honest, reliable, and leading-edge mining exploration.” Pictured below: Author Norman Reed Paterson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matt Ridley, acclaimed author of the classics Genome<\/em> and Nature via Nurture<\/em>, turns from investigating human nature to investigating human progress. In The Rational Optimist<\/em> Ridley offers a counterblast to the prevailing pessimism of our age, and proves, however much we like to think to the contrary, that things are getting better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over 10,000 years ago there were fewer than 10 million people on the planet. Today there are more than 6 billion, 99 per cent of whom are better fed, better sheltered, better entertained and better protected against disease than their Stone Age ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rational Optimist is available on Amazon<\/a> plus here’s a link to the audiobook version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NormanPatterson-1024x978.jpg\")
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3. Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada’s Energy Future\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n