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Books by Vaclav Smil

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Global Ecology: Environmental Change and Social Flexibility cover

Global Ecology: Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

Vaclav Smil

$101.99

Cã3mo Funciona La Comida / How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food

Cã3mo Funciona La Comida / How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food

Vaclav Smil

$19.99

Speed: How It Explains the World

Speed: How It Explains the World

Vaclav Smil

$16.99

Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded: Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact

Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded: Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact

Vaclav Smil

$59.99

How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food

How to Feed the World: The History and Future of Food

Vaclav Smil

$23.99

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Vaclav Smil

$16.99

Size: How It Explains the World

Size: How It Explains the World

Vaclav Smil

$16.99

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Vaclav Smil

$15.99

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

Vaclav Smil

$15.99

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Vaclav Smil

$20.99

Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

Vaclav Smil

$19.99

Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

Vaclav Smil

$68.99

The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation in China

The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation in China

Vaclav Smil

$74.99

Natural Gas

Natural Gas

Vaclav Smil

$50.99

Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature

Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature

Vaclav Smil

$49.99

Making the Modern World

Making the Modern World

Vaclav Smil

$55.99

Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

Vaclav Smil

$54.99

Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints

Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints

Vaclav Smil

$184.99

Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines

Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines

Vaclav Smil

$38.99

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

Vaclav Smil

$105.99

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems

Vaclav Smil

$92.99

Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties

Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties

Vaclav Smil

$49.99

Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production

Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production

Vaclav Smil

$49.99

China's Past, China's Future

China's Past, China's Future

Vaclav Smil

$88.99

The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change

The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change

Vaclav Smil

$68.99

Feeding the World

Feeding the World

Vaclav Smil

$55.99

Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization

Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization

Vaclav Smil

$55.99

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

Vaclav Smil

$88.99