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Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: How the World Really Works
ISBN: 0241989671 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241989678
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: * 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 read. It's a tour de force' 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 the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity.

From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? __________ 'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' HA-JOON CHANG, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism 'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' PAUL COLLIER, author of The Future of Capitalism

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: Numbers Don`T Lie
ISBN: 0143136224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143136224
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: "There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."--Bill Gates

An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production.

Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?

From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: Growth
ISBN: 0262539683 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262539685
Издательство: MIT Press
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Описание: 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 capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain.

Автор: Smil Vaclav
Название: Size
ISBN: 0241507006 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241507001
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science brings together philosophers of science and political scientists to discuss philosophical issues in political science. The book offers twenty-seven essays on how to do research in political science, the purposes and use of political science in society as well as how to evaluate claims made by political scientists.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: How the World Really Works
ISBN: 0241454409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241454404
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world

Автор: Smil Vaclav
Название: Oil - A Beginner`s Guide 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1786072866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786072863
Издательство: TBS/GBS
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Цена: 14510.00 T
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Описание: In this fully revised and updated edition, world acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature`s most sought-after resource.

Автор: Smil Vaclav
Название: Why America Is Not a New Rome
ISBN: 0262195933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262195935
Издательство: MIT Press
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Цена: 13820.00 T
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Описание: An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: Energies
ISBN: 026269235X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262692359
Издательство: MIT Press
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Описание: A lively and accessible survey of all the forms of energy that shape our world, from the sun to the human body, from bread to microchips.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: Feeding The World
ISBN: 0262692716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262692717
Издательство: MIT Press
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Цена: 39500.00 T
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Описание: A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: How The World Really Works
ISBN: 0593297067 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593297063
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 18390.00 T
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Описание: Vaclav Smil is my favorite author.--Bill Gates

An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish.

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 world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check--because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.

In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any promises of decarbonization by 2050 are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon emissions.

Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary guide finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future.

Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: How The World Really Works
ISBN: 0593297083 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593297087
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Автор: Smil, Vaclav
Название: Energy myths and realities
ISBN: 0844743283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780844743288
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 52800.00 T
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Описание: 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 energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities debunks the most common fallacies to make way for a constructive, scientific approach to the global energy challenge.