How the World Really Works
What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four “grand transitions” of civilization – in populations, agriculture,...
Author: Vaclav Smil
Bill Gates reviews How the World Really Works and makes his summer 2022 book recommendations
Bill Gates reviews How the World Really Works and makes his summer 2022 book recommendations. See: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/How-the-Worl...
American edition of How the World Really Works was published in New York on May 10, 2022
American edition of How the World Really Works was published in New York on May 10, 2022. Here are the links to the book’s reviews in New York Ti...
How the World Really Works
What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four “grand transitions” of civilization – in populations, agriculture,...
HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS was published in London by Viking on January 27, 2022.
What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four “grand transitions” of civilization – in populations, agriculture,...
Natural Gas in the New Energy World
Naturgy Energy Group S.A., a Spanish company engaged in generation, distribution and marketing of energy and services, released my report on natural gas in the ...
Bill Gates reviews Numbers Don’t Lie
Numbers Don’t Lie is Vaclav Smil’s most accessible book yet.
July 20, 2021 New translations
Numbers Don’t Lie have already come out in six translations: here are the covers of Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Spanish, Portugues and Korean...
Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World.
“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”–Bill Gates An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal th...