Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: How the World Really Works ISBN: 0241989671 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241989678 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . .
If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES __________ We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity.
From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? __________ 'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' HA-JOON CHANG, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism 'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' PAUL COLLIER, author of The Future of Capitalism
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Numbers Don`T Lie ISBN: 0143136224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143136224 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1747.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: "There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."--Bill Gates An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Growth ISBN: 0262539683 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262539685 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 2755.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: How the World Really Works ISBN: 0241454409 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241454404 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world
Автор: Smil Vaclav Название: Oil - A Beginner`s Guide 2nd Edition ISBN: 1786072866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786072863 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 2176.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this fully revised and updated edition, world acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature`s most sought-after resource.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Numbers Don`t Lie ISBN: 0241989698 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241989692 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking.
Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey?'Smil's title says it all: to understand the world, you need to follow the trendlines, not the headlines. This is a compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going' Steven Pinker 'The best book to read to better understand our world. It should be on every bookshelf!' Linda Yueh'There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil' GuardianVaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba.
He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy. No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers.
This is his first book for a more general readership.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Numbers don`t lie ISBN: 0241454425 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241454428 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?
From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking.
Packed with 'Well-I-never-knew-that' information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we find out how many people it took to build the Great Pyramid, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). There's a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.
Urgent and essential, Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true in these significant times. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey? 'He is rigorously numeric, using data to illuminate every topic he writes about.
The word "polymath" was invented to describe people like him' Bill Gates
'Important' Mark Zuckerberg, on Energy
'One of the world's foremost thinkers on development history and a master of statistical analysis . . .
The nerd's nerd' Guardian
'There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil' Guardian
'In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences . . .
They're among the most data-heavy books you'll find, with a remarkable way of framing basic facts' Wired
'Vaclav Smil has led a 30-year career of interdisciplinary contrarianism, writing hundreds of scientific articles and dozens of books attacking sacred cows of Western environmental and geopolitical thought' Foreign Policy
'For a couple of decades, Vaclav Smil has been on my go-to list when questions arise about global trends and risks, and particularly about energy. He is a distinguished professor on the environment faculty at the University of Manitoba but really should be in the department of everything' Andrew Revkin, The New York Times
'One of the world's foremost experts on energy' Foreign Affairs
'An author who does not allow facts to be obscured or overshadowed by politics' New York Review of Books
'The man who has quietly shaped how the world thinks about energy' Science Magazine
'A radical thinker on energy and environmental issues' Financial Times
'He's a slayer of bullshit' David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics & Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy.
No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. This is his first book for a more general readership.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Numbers don`t lie ISBN: 0241454417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241454411 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Packed with 'Well-I-never-knew-that' information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we find out how many people it took to build the Great Pyramid, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). There's a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.
Urgent and essential, Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true in these significant times. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey?'Smil's title says it all: to understand the world, you need to follow the trendlines, not the headlines. This is a compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going' Steven Pinker'The best book to read to better understand our world.
Once in a while a book comes along that helps us see our planet more clearly. By showing us numbers about science, health, green technology and more, Smil's book does just that. It should be on every bookshelf!' Linda Yueh, author of The Great Economists'He is rigorously numeric, using data to illuminate every topic he writes about.
The word "polymath" was invented to describe people like him' Bill Gates'Important' Mark Zuckerberg, on Energy'One of the world's foremost thinkers on development history and a master of statistical analysis . . .
The nerd's nerd' Guardian'There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil' Guardian'In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences . . .
They're among the most data-heavy books you'll find, with a remarkable way of framing basic facts' Wired'He's a slayer of bullshit' David Keith, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics & Professor of Public Policy, Harvard UniversityVaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy. No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. This is his first book for a more general readership.
Автор: Smil Vaclav Название: Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities ISBN: 0262042835 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262042833 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 4430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
Автор: Smil Vaclav Название: Why America Is Not a New Rome ISBN: 0262195933 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262195935 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 2073.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Feeding The World ISBN: 0262692716 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262692717 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 5925.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A realistic yet encouraging look at how society can change in ways that will allow us to feed an expanding global population.
Автор: Smil, Vaclav Название: Energy myths and realities ISBN: 0844743283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780844743288 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 7920.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists--wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities debunks the most common fallacies to make way for a constructive, scientific approach to the global energy challenge.
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