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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Vaclav SmilPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780262692359ISBN 10: 026269235 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 28 February 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA thought-provoking and enjoyable piece of work. --Wolfgang Rueckner, Harvard University Dip into the book anywhere, and you will find a bracing fact or connection... dazzling. -- Scientific American Filled with interesting factual tidbits, this book rekindles the fascination with science that we all once had as children. -- Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs A thought-provoking and enjoyable piece of work. --Wolfgang Rueckner, Harvard University Author Information"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 on his website that ""there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |