by Vaclav Smil · Penguin Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241454404
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In 'How the World Really Works', Vaclav Smil offers a scientific guide to our past, present, and future. This ambitious and thought-provoking book explains the fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity, from energy and food production to globalization, risks, our environment, and its future. Smil addresses sources of misinformation and answers the question of whether we are irrevocably doomed or if a brighter future awaits us.
Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.
