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Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
96.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabiliti ...Show more
Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
34.99 AUD
Category: History
Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental ...Show more
How the World Really Works - A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperit ...Show more
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperi ...Show more
How to Feed the World: A Factful Guide by Vaclav Smil
36.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A myth-busting book about how the world produces and consumes its food and how to do so without killing the planet In this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today- Why are some ...Show more
Invention and Innovation - A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil
39.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author--a favorite of Bill Gates--pens an insightful and fact-filled jaunt through the history of invention. Impatient with the hype that so often accompanies ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World by Vaclav Smil
43.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
Vaclav Smil is my favorite author... Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning.--Bill Gates, GatesNotes An essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true ...Show more
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
35.00 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
A mind-expanding exploration size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil bust ...Show more
Size - How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
24.99 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History
From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: size, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness"No one writes about the great issues of ou ...Show more
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