Energy and Civilization
A History
$26.75
- Paperback
568 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2018
Summary
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today’s fossil fuel-driven civilization.
“I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next ‘Star Wars’ movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans’ ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536165 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262536161 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 568 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Energy and Civilization |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
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 *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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