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How the World Really Works
A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2022
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
133 kr
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* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material …
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2022
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
324 kr
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Power Density
A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2016
379 kr
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The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses. “There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.” —Bill Gates In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that …
Speed
How it Explains the World
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2026
131 kr
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Prepare to view the world through a new lens – SPEED – a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life’s driving force, from the internationally bestselling author‘There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil’ GuardianIn a world that feels like …
Growth
From Microorganisms to Megacities
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2020
209 kr
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A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the …
Numbers Don't Lie
71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2021
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
133 kr
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Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, …
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2024
201 kr
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Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works. A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. …
How to Feed the World
A Factful Guide
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2025
133 kr
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'A fascinating deep dive...a wonderful fact-based tour of our food system, past and present. It opens up plenty of interesting debates on what to do next to feed 10 billion people without wrecking the planet' Hannah Ritchie, author of Not the End of the World In this ambitious, myth-busting book, …
Energy and Civilization
A History
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2018
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
258 kr
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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A …
Speed
How it Explains the World
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2025
228 kr
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Prepare to view the world through a new lens – SPEED – a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life’s driving force, from the internationally bestselling author'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates‘There is perhaps no other academic who paints …
Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded
Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2025
420 kr
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Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works in a revised and expanded edition. Creating the Twentieth Century explores the period between 1867 and 1914, a time of unparalleled innovation that laid the groundwork for modern civilization. It …
How to Feed the World
A Factful Guide
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2024
240 kr
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‘How to Feed the World had a lot to teach me – and I’m sure it will teach you a lot, too. It challenges readers to think differently about a problem we thought we understood’ Bill Gates‘Concise and erudite . . . How to Feed the World is weighted with statistics, but there is something light and …
Power Density
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2015
358 kr
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The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses. “There''s no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.” —Bill Gates In this book, Vaclav Smil argues …
Oil
A Beginner's Guide
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2017
123 kr
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In this fully revised and updated edition, Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.' Bill GatesOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no …
Grand Transitions
How the Modern World Was Made
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2023
251 kr
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From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure.What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in …
Grand Transitions
How the Modern World Was Made
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2021
432 kr
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What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live.Societies that have undergone all four transitions emerge into an era of …
Size
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2023
197 kr
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Following his New York Times bestseller How the World Really Works, Vaclav Smil returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth (and beyond) - from microbes to economies and the expanding universe To answer the most important questions of our age, and secure our future, we …
Still the Iron Age
Iron and Steel in the Modern World
Av Vaclav Smil
Häftad, 2016
496 kr
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Although the last two generations have seen an enormous amount of attention paid to advances in electronics, the fact remains that high-income, high-energy societies could thrive without microchips, etc., but, by contrast, could not exist without steel. Because of the importance of this material to …
Still the Iron Age
Iron and Steel in the Modern World
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2016
459 kr
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Although the last two generations have seen an enormous amount of attention paid to advances in electronics, the fact remains that high-income, high-energy societies could thrive without microchips, etc., but, by contrast, could not exist without steel. Because of the importance of this material to …
Grand Transitions
How the Modern World Was Made
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2021
302 kr
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From one of the world''s leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies …
Grand Transitions
How the Modern World Was Made
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2021
302 kr
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From one of the world''s leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies …
Creating the Twentieth Century
Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2005
1078 kr
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The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the …
Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences
Av Vaclav Smil
Inbunden, 2006
1677 kr
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This inquiry into the technical advances that shaped the 20th century follows the evolutions of all the principal innovations introduced before 1913 (as detailed in the first volume) as well as the origins and elaborations of all fundamental 20th century advances. The history of the 20th century is …
Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded
Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2025
399 kr
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Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works in a revised and expanded edition. Creating the Twentieth Century explores the period between 1867 and 1914, a time of unparalleled innovation that laid the groundwork for modern civilization. It …
Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded
Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2025
399 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works in a revised and expanded edition. Creating the Twentieth Century explores the period between 1867 and 1914, a time of unparalleled innovation that laid the groundwork for modern civilization. It …
Creating the Twentieth Century
Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2005
752 kr
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The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the …
Transforming the Twentieth Century
Technical Innovations and Their Consequences
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2006
1171 kr
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This inquiry into the technical advances that shaped the 20th century follows the evolutions of all the principal innovations introduced before 1913 (as detailed in the first volume) as well as the origins and elaborations of all fundamental 20th century advances. The history of the 20th century is …
Creating the Twentieth Century
Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
Av Vaclav Smil
E-bok, 2005
752 kr
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The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the …
