Description
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization.
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 11/13/2018
Pages: 562
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780262536165
ISBN10: 0262536161
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Energy
- History | World | General
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 11/13/2018
Pages: 562
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780262536165
ISBN10: 0262536161
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Energy
- History | World | General
About the Author
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."