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Energy and Civilization - A History by Vaclav Smil
49.99 AUD
Category: History
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 History ...Show more
Grand Transitions How The Modern World Was Made by Smil Vaclav (Distinguished Pr
40.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
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 radically ...Show more
Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
94.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
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 capabiliti ...Show more
Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
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 ...Show more
How the World Really Works - A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. 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 prosperit ...Show more
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. 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 prosperi ...Show more
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization by Vaclav Smil
58.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization. Over the course of time, the ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World by Vaclav Smil
52.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Vaclav Smil is my favorite author... Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning.--Bill Gates, GatesNotes An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
22.99 AUD
Category: Science
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
35.00 AUD
Category: Science
A mind-expanding exploration size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil bust ...Show more
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