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HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS was published in London by Viking on January 27, 2022.

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Vaclav Smil

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

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

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 ...

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Bill Gates reviews Numbers Don’t Lie

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

Numbers Don’t Lie is Vaclav Smil’s most accessible book yet.

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July 20, 2021 New translations

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

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...

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American edition of Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World was published in New York by Penguin Books on May 4, 2021.

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

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Annual J.P. Morgan Energy Report, May 2021

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

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...

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Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made will be published in New York by the Oxford University Press on March 1, 2021.

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Vaclav Smil

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four “grand transitions” of civilization – in populat...

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Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World will be published in London by Viking on October 1, 2020.

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Vaclav Smil

From earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world – and...

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Annual J.P. Morgan Energy Report, June 2020

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Vaclav Smil

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 ...

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Two-book deal with Viking

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Vaclav Smil

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/viking-strikes-two-book-deal-scientist-vaclav-smil-1181416  

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