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How the World Really Works : The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going by Vaclav Smil (2022, Hardcover)

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [ How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world's toughest challenges." -- Bill Gates "Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil--accept or doubt his 'just the facts' posture--but you probably shouldn't ignore him." --The Washington Post An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. 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--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any promises of decarbonization by 2050 are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon emissions. Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary guide finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593297067
ISBN-13
9780593297063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16057239669

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Book Title
How the World Really Works : the Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Author
Vaclav Smil
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Aspects, Globalization, Probability & Statistics / General, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), History, World, Power Resources / General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science, Mathematics, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Item Weight
19 Oz

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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Q175.5.S578 2022
Reviews
"A scientific panorama of our well-being and how it can be sustained in our current tumultuous times and beyond. [Smil] aims to combat the widespread "comprehension deficit" about basic scientific facts, and he seeks to "explain some of the most fundamental ruling realities governing our survival and our prosperity." That aim is marvelously achieved...[this is] an exceptionally lucid, evenhanded study of the scientific basis of our current and future lives." - Kirkus , STARRED review
Lccn
2022-006318
Dewey Decimal
502
Dewey Edition
23

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