Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production, history of technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy. By November 2024 he published 49 books and more than 500 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy), and a Member of the Order of Canada.
The latest translations of my books include How the World Really Works in Portuguese and Romanian; How to Feed the World in [...]
An indispensable analysis of how the world really produces and consumes its food—and a scientist’s exploration of how [...]
The latest translations of my books that have arrived since April 2024 include: How the World Really Works in [...]
Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050: Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome is published by the Fraser Institute. [...]
Sometimes my readers send me photos of my books displayed in bookstores in London, Tokyo, New York or [...]
During its 100th year the World Energy Conference held in Rotterdam awarded me The Energy Systems Luminary Award [...]
