Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is a renowned scientist and academic with expertise in energy, environmental science, and interdisciplinary research.
He earned his Ph.D. in Geography from Pennsylvania State University and holds a degree from Charles University in Prague.
Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
His work has earned him recognition as one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2010.
Smil is known for his data-driven approach to analyzing complex global issues, particularly in energy and environmental studies.
His numerous publications have made him a respected voice in discussions on technology, resources, and sustainability.
Könyvei: Vaclav Smil
How the World Really Works
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
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How the World Really Works
Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.
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Technológia
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Numbers Don't Lie
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
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Technológia
Numbers Don't Lie
Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.
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Technológia
Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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Technológia
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Energy and Civilization
A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.
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Technológia
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Invention and Innovation
Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.
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Technológia
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Invention and Innovation
Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.
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Technológia
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How to Feed the World
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
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Fenntarthatóság
How to Feed the World
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
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Közgazdaságtan
Fenntarthatóság
Should We Eat Meat?
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
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Should We Eat Meat?
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
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Étel
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Táplálkozás
Mezőgazdaság
Made in the USA
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
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Technológia
Made in the USA
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
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Üzlet
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Technológia
Speed
From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.
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Technológia
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Filozófia
Speed
From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.
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Technológia
Szociológia
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