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Vaclav Smil

Born: 9 December 1943

Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst

Born: 9 December 1943

Books by Vaclav Smil (50 max)

Making the Modern World Materials and Dematerialization

2013

China's past, China's future: energy, food, environment

2003

The bad earth: environmental degradation in China

1984

Global ecology: environmental change and social flexibility

1993

Energy in world history

1994

Biofuel Delusion The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

2009

Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro, Jerome Ravetz, Vaclav Smil

How the World Really Works The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

2022

China's environmental crisis: an inquiry into the limits of national development

1993

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems

2008

Size The Measure of All Things

2023

Energy in China's modernization: advances and limitations

1988

Energy: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

2006

Global catastrophes and trends: the next fifty years

2008

Why America is not a new Rome

2010

Made in the USA the rise and retreat of American manufacturing

2013

Should we eat meat?: evolution and consequences of modern carnivory

2013

Energy and Civilization A History

2017

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

2019

Vaclav Smil, Eric Jason Martin

Numbers Don't Lie

2020

Energy in the developing world: the real energy crisis

1980

Carbon nitrogen sulfur: human interference in grand biospheric cycles

1985

Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization

1998

Enriching the earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the transformation of world food production

2001

Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties

2003

Creating the twentieth century: technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact

2004

Transforming the twentieth century: technical innovations and their consequences

2006

Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

2008

Prime movers of globalization: the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines

2010

Harvesting The Biosphere What We Have Taken From Nature

2012

Japan's dietary transition and its impacts

2012

Vaclav Smil, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Robert Gottlieb, Mun S. Ho

Energy and the environment: a long range forecasting study

1974

Biomass Energies Resources, Links, Constraints

1983

Cycles of life: civilization and the biosphere

1997

Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

2000

Energy myths and realities: bringing science to the energy policy debate

2010

Natural Gas Fuel for the 21st Century

2015

Power Density A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

2015

China's energy: achievements, problems, prospects

1976

Energy Analysis and Agriculture: An Application to U.S. Corn Production (Westview special studies in agriculture science and policy)

1982

General energetics: energy in the biosphere and civilization

1991

The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change

2002

Energy Transitions Global and National Perspectives, 2nd Edition

2016

Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

2016

Grand Transitions How the Modern World Was Made

2021

Energía y civilización. Una historia

2021

Vaclav Smil, Álvaro Palau Arvizu

Invention and Innovation A Brief History of Hype and Failure

2023

Energy, food, environment: realities, myths, options

1987

Environmental change as a source of conflict and economic losses in China

1992

Potential environmental conflicts involving countries of the North Pacific

1992

Who will feed China?: concerns and prospects for the next generation

1996