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Books by vaclav smil

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  • Audiobook

    Invention and Innovation

    A Brief History of Hype and Failure

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention.Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies innovation, Smil offers in this book a clear-eyed corrective to the overpromises of new inventions ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Also available as: eBook

  • Materials and Dematerialization

    Making the Modern World

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    MATERIALS AND DEMATERIALIZATIONWorld-renowned scientist Vaclav Smil examines a critical topic in the research and policy domain of sustainable resource useOver the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest practical rates of recycling may not be enough to result in dematerialization ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD

  • Size

    How It Explains the World

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

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  • Audiobook

    Size

    How It Explains the World

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 42 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook

  • Invention and Innovation

    A Brief History of Hype and Failure

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author—a favorite of Bill Gates—pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of human invention. Impatient ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Power Density

    A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 21 min

    In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density-the rate of energy flux per unit of area-is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Made in the USA

    The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Adam Barr ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Smil explains how manufacturing became a fundamental ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    How the World Really Works

    A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.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 ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook

  • How the World Really Works

    A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES__________We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Robert Fass ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 15 min

    What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization-in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics-which have transformed the way we live. Societies that have undergone all four transitions emerge into an era of radically different population dynamics, food surpluses (and waste), abundant energy use, and expanding ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook

  • Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Numbers Don't Lie

    71 Things You Need to Know About the World

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

    Also available as: eBook