How to Feed the World

There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil – BILL GATESA compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it’s going – STEVEN PINKER on NUMBERS DON’T LIEThere is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil … The nerd’s nerd * GUARDIAN *A fact-filled, punchy book … Smil’s fascination with numbers is infectious * THE TIMES on NUMBERS DON’T LIE *‘How to Feed the World had a lot to teach me – and I’m sure it will teach you a lot, too. It challenges readers to think differently about a problem we thought we understood’ – Bill GatesAnother masterpiece from one of my favourite authors – BILL GATES on the New York Times bestseller HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKSVery informative and eye-opening in many ways – HA-JOON CHANG, author of 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism on the New York Times bestseller HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKSThe word “polymath” was invented to describe people like him – BILL GATESSmil’s art is that he immerses readers rather than overpowering them, while delivering clear takeaway messages: that we must learn to do more with less, that we ought to be wary of any radical solutions, and that we must accept that any gains will be gradual – Caroline Eden * Financial Times *Concise and erudite … How to Feed the World is weighted with statistics, but there is something light and irresistible about the way Smil structures his argument and propels his narrative … The breadth of Smil’s knowledge is as impressive as the depth – Talha Burki * Lancet *

Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba and is the author of over forty books, including Numbers Don’t Lie, Size and the New York Times bestselling How the World Really Works. He is published in more than 30 languages and no other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in leading scientific journal 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.