Vaclav Smil

59 books

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences v. 2 by Vaclav Smil

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences v. 2

Vaclav Smil

368 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative slow-paced
Why America Is Not a New Rome by Vaclav Smil

Why America Is Not a New Rome

Vaclav Smil

226 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation In China by Vaclav Smil
The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation In China
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Vaclav Smil

The Bad Earth: Environmental Degradation In China

Vaclav Smil

missing page info • first pub 1984 (editions)

informative inspiring medium-paced
Beneath a Petroliferous Moon by Pablo Neruda, Gregory Burke, Jen Budney, Marcella Durand, Vaclav Smil

Beneath a Petroliferous Moon

Pablo Neruda, Gregory Burke, Jen Budney, Marcella Durand, Vaclav Smil

80 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced
The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production by Vaclav Smil, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro
The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production
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Vaclav Smil, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro

The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

Vaclav Smil, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro

337 pages • missing pub info (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced
Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints by Vaclav Smil

Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints

Institute for Amorphous Studies

Vaclav Smil

453 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art science technology medium-paced
China beyond the Headlines by Timothy B. Weston
China beyond the Headlines
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Timothy B. Weston

China beyond the Headlines

Timothy B. Weston

392 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

China's Energy: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects by Vaclav Smil
China's Energy: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects
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Vaclav Smil

China's Energy: Achievements, Problems, and Prospects

Vaclav Smil

246 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

medium-paced
China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry Into the Limits of National Development by Vaclav Smil

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry Into the Limits of National Development

Vaclav Smil

280 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
China's Past, China's Future by Vaclav Smil

China's Past, China's Future

Vaclav Smil

256 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

economics history politics informative slow-paced