'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates__________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...

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. Now a fifth...

In "How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future", bietet der Wissenschaftler Vaclav Smil einen umfassenden Überblick über die komplexen Systeme und Prozesse, die unsere Welt prägen. Smil verwendet...

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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going von Smil, Vaclav

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill GatesIs 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...

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to...

With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything. In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its...

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 Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book,...

In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere¿s stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests¿from prehistoric...

Welche Erwartungen sind realistisch? Was dürfen wir hoffen? Erfindungen wie Luftschiffe, Kernspaltung und Überschallgeschwindigkeit galten bei ihrer Geburtsstunde als bahnbrechend und sollten das Leben auf der Erde maßgeblich...

There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive...