Speed
How it Explains the World
$27.18
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2026
Summary
Prepare to view the world through a new lens - SPEED - a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life’s driving force, from the internationally bestselling author.
“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
Discover how speed shapes life on Earth, from grinding geological processes to the astonishing speed of light. In this wide-ranging …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405977494 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405977493 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 35mm |
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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.
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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