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Invention and Innovation
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity--and its attendant breakthroughs and busts. The world is never finished catching up with …
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers …
Grand Transitions
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 …
Energy Transitions
This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in …
How Food Really Works
‘There is no author whose books I look forward to more’ BILL GATESIn this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil …
Energy Transitions
This bold and controversial argument shows why energy transitions are inherently complex and prolonged affairs, and how ignoring this fact raises unrealistic expectations that the …
Innovationen und Erfindungen
Harvesting the Biosphere
An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.The biosphere-the …
Wie die Welt wirklich funktioniert
China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development
In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in "The Bad Earth", a disturbing book. This new volume, drawn on a much broader canvas, …
China's Past, China's Future
China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, is the result of a …