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ISBN: 9781851685714 - Oil Oil
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 1851685715  ISBN13: 9781851685714
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Feb 2008
World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource. Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and... More

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ISBN: 9781851684526 - Energy Energy
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 1851684522  ISBN13: 9781851684526
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2006
In this user-friendly and informative book, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to this far-reaching term and gives the reader a greater understanding of energy's place in both past and present society. More

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ISBN: 9780262693240 - Energy at the Crossroads Energy at the Crossroads
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 0262693240  ISBN13: 9780262693240
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Mar 2005
An objective, comprehensive and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy. In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty... More

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ISBN: 9780262693561 - Energy in Nature and Society Energy in Nature and Society
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 0262693569  ISBN13: 9780262693561
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Feb 2008
A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fueled civilization and its environmental consequences. Energy in Nature and... More

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ISBN: 9780262518222 - Global Catastrophes and Trends Global Catastrophes and Trends
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 0262518228  ISBN13: 9780262518222
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Sep 2012
Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral... More

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ISBN: 9780262014434 - Prime Movers of Globalization Prime Movers of Globalization
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 0262014432  ISBN13: 9780262014434
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Sep 2010
"In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that... More

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ISBN: 9780262195867 - Global Catastrophes and Trends Global Catastrophes and Trends
Vaclav Smil

ISBN10: 0262195860  ISBN13: 9780262195867
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 Aug 2008
Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. In this book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a look at the... More

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ISBN: 9780262017824 - Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
Vaclav Smil, Kazuhiko Kobayashi

ISBN10: 0262017822  ISBN13: 9780262017824
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Aug 2012
In a little more than a century, the Japanese diet has undergone a dramatic transformation. In 1900, a plant-based, near-subsistence diet was prevalent, with virtually no consumption of animal protein. By the beginning of the twenty-first century... More

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ISBN: 9780195168747 - Creating the Twentieth Century Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact Creating the Twentieth Century Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact
VACLAV, SMIL

ISBN10: 9780198037743  ISBN13: 9780198037743
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The two pre-WWI generations encompass the greatest innovative period in history. Technical inventions of 1867 - 1914 and their rapid improvement and commercialization created new prime movers, materials, infrastructures and information means that... More

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ISBN: 9780195168754 - Transforming the Twentieth Century Transforming the Twentieth Century
VACLAV, SMIL

ISBN10: 9780198037750  ISBN13: 9780198037750
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Post-WW1 inventions and innovations transformed the fundamental technical advances that created the modern world between 1867 and 1914 and added new capabilities ranging from both commercial and military uses of nuclear energy to the universal... More