On Monday, Bill Gates released his annual list of favorite books that he read over the year. One of his recommendations was "Energy and Civilization: A History" by Vaclav Smil. This pick should come ...
The best book I’ve read this year about the future is Vaclav Smil’s How the World Really Works. The irony is that Smil is an avowed antifuturist, repeatedly noting that he refuses to make predictions ...
If you want to understand the future of energy, says Vaclav Smil, you need to think locally—and skeptically. Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Manitoba, says that America ...
Not long ago, I randomly opened Vaclav Smil’s recent book “Size: How It Explains the World.” The first paragraph I read, in a chapter about good and bad design, concerned rubber flip-flops, which Smil ...
Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...
Author Vaclav Smil tackles the big problems facing America and the world. Andreas Laszlo Konrath "There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil," Bill Gates wrote this summer.
Bill Gates' favorite author has a new book, and the billionaire says "it will teach you a lot" about food. Specifically, how eliminating food waste and reducing global food insecurity could make food ...
Can reading Vaclav Smil’s Grand Transitions help us think about the future of higher education? My latest obsession is the university of 2050. The reasons have to do with symmetry—2050 is about the ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nathaniel Rich HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re ...
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