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,...
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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...
Annual J.P. Morgan Energy Report, May 2021
For the eleventh year I had the opportunity to help Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan, in preparing JPM’s annual ener...
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made will be published in New York by the Oxford University Press on March 1, 2021.
What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four “grand transitions” of civilization – in populat...
Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World will be published in London by Viking on October 1, 2020.
From earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world – and...
Annual J.P. Morgan Energy Report, June 2020
For the tenth year I had the opportunity to help Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy at J.P. Morgan, in preparing JPM’s annual energy ...
Two-book deal with Viking
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/viking-strikes-two-book-deal-scientist-vaclav-smil-1181416