Speed
how it explains the world
$36.90
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2025
Summary
The Essence of Acceleration: How Speed Shapes Our World
‘There is no author whose books I look forward to more’ Bill Gates
‘There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil’ *Guardian*
Explore how speed influences every aspect of life on Earth, from the slow grind of geological processes and the fleeting lifespans of organisms to the astonishing speed of light and the remarkable adaptations of creatures l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241754542 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241754542 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Vaclav Smil
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.
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