WAS NOCH GEHT - UND WOFÜR ES ZU SPÄT IST: VACLAV SMILS PROVOKATIVE THESEDer tschechisch-kanadisch...

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultura...

WAS VERBRAUCHT MEHR ENERGIE: EIN AUTO ODER EIN SMARTPHONE? UNSERE WELT MIT ZAHLEN VERSTEHENVaclav...

Das Essen kommt nicht aus dem Kühlschrank: Ein faszinierender Blick auf Geschichte und Gegenwart ...

Welche Erwartungen sind realistisch? Was dürfen wir hoffen?Erfindungen wie Luftschiffe, Kernspalt...

'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to d...

Tour the history of human invention and its attendant breakthroughs and busts in this history boo...

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectori...

'How to Feed the World had a lot to teach me - and I'm sure it will teach you a lot, too. It chal...

With one famous equation, E mc sup 2sup , Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. ...

Der weltbekannte Wissenschaftler Vaclav Smil analysiert das kritische Thema der nachhaltigen Ress...

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling ...

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at ...

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If yo...

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates'A fascinating deep dive...a wo...

An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century li...

Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history boo...

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates'There is perhaps no other acad...

Speed

The story of how diesel engines and gas turbines, used to power cargo ships and jet airplanes, ma...

This bold and controversial argument shows why energy transitions are inherently complex and prol...

China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This vol...

An objective, comprehensive, and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preservi...

Originally published in 1984, Vaclav Smil documents and evaluates China's environmental crisis. T...

Although the last two generations have seen an enormous amount of attention paid to advances in e...

A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy in n...

'Global Ecology' argues that the magnitude and speed of global environmental change poses a threa...

This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term hi...

In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in '...

An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living...

China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts strain on her natural resources. This vol...

A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an ...

In 1982, Vaclav Smil turned upside down traditional perceptions of China as a green paradise in '...

tions is not possible without first putting the problem into a wider con text. Consequently, befo...

As China strives to significantly increase its economic output, the nation faces an acute deterio...

A comprehensive overview of Earth's biosphere, written with scientific rigor and essay-like flair.

Dr. Smil is the world's authority on nitrogenous fertilizer.

Energy is the only universal currency. One of its many forms must be transformed into another in ...

Meat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environme...

Natural gas is the world's cleanest fossil fuel; it generates less air pollution and releases les...

There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the me...

The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power...

An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the job...

Quanto e perché è cresciuta l'altezza media della popolazione? Perché le auto elettriche non sono...

«Non sono né un pessimista né un ottimista, sono solo uno scienziato che prova a spiegare come fu...

Uno dei più importanti scienziati della nostra epoca ci aiuta a leggere il mondo per come è davve...

Una storia dell'energia, l'unica moneta universale, necessaria per ottenere qualsiasi cosa, attra...