Vaclav Smil

64 books

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Vaclav Smil

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts by Vaclav Smil, Kazuhiko Kobayashi

Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

Vaclav Smil, Kazuhiko Kobayashi

229 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction health history informative slow-paced
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing by Vaclav Smil

Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing

Vaclav Smil

263 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction business economics history challenging informative slow-paced
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization by Vaclav Smil

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Vaclav Smil

229 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction business economics science challenging informative slow-paced
Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century by Vaclav Smil

Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

Vaclav Smil

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Oil: Resources, production, uses, impacts by Vaclav Smil

Oil: Resources, production, uses, impacts

Vaclav Smil

195 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses by Vaclav Smil

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

Vaclav Smil

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction economics science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines by Vaclav Smil

Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines

Vaclav Smil

261 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science informative slow-paced
Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory by Vaclav Smil

Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

Vaclav Smil

276 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction health science informative slow-paced
Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World by Vaclav Smil

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

Vaclav Smil

280 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced