Energy and Civilization
a history
$37.02
- Paperback
568 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2018
Summary
Powering Progress: A History of Energy and Civilization
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today’s fossil fuel-driven civilization.
Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536165 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262536161 |
| Series: | Energy and Civilization |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 568 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 33mm |
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This is a book to excite not just admiration, but also passion. It is a literate and precise analysis of the evolution of human societies viewed through the lens of energy.
A wise, compassionate, and valuable book.
* Foreign Affairs *This is a book to excite not just admiration, but also passion. It is a literate and precise analysis of the evolution of human societies viewed through the lens of energy.
* Literary Review of Canada *About The Author
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote that “there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”
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