바츨라프 스밀

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과학

바츨라프 스밀은 에너지, 환경과학, 그리고 학제간 연구 분야에서 뛰어난 전문성을 지닌 저명한 과학자이자 학자이다.
그는 펜실베이니아 주립대학교에서 지리학 박사 학위를 받았으며, 프라하의 카를 대학교에서 학위를 취득하였다.
스밀은 매니토바 대학교의 명예 교수로 재직 중이며, 캐나다 왕립학회 회원으로 선정되었다.
그의 연구 업적은 2010년 《포린 폴리시》가 선정한 ‘세계 100대 사상가’에 이름을 올리게 했다.
스밀은 에너지와 환경 문제를 비롯한 복잡한 글로벌 이슈를 데이터 중심으로 분석하는 접근법으로 잘 알려져 있다.
그의 수많은 저술은 기술, 자원, 지속 가능성에 관한 논의에서 신뢰받는 목소리로 자리매김하게 했다.

저서 목록: 바츨라프 스밀

세상은 실제로 어떻게 돌아가는가

저자: 바츨라프 스밀 • 2022

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

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⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems

세상은 실제로 어떻게 돌아가는가

Both doomers and utopians skip the same thing: modern civilization's staggering material scale.

저자: 바츨라프 스밀 2022 336 페이지

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14,000+ 개의 평점

⚡ Energy Systems 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌾 Global Food Systems

Numbers Don't Lie

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2020

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

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🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems

Numbers Don't Lie

Your smartphone costs the planet as much as a car. 71 data points that rewrite modern life.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2020 384 페이지

3.82

10,000+ 개의 평점

🔋 Energy Transitions 👴 Demographic Shifts 🌽 Food Systems

Energy and Civilization

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2017

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

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⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Energy and Civilization

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2017 552 페이지

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4,000+ 개의 평점

⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Invention and Innovation

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2023

Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.

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🛠️ History Of Technology 🔍 Innovation Myths ⚠️ Unintended Consequences

Invention and Innovation

Moore's Law is an outlier. Everywhere else, innovation crawls, stumbles, or backfires.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2023 225 페이지

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🛠️ History Of Technology 🔍 Innovation Myths ⚠️ Unintended Consequences

Growth

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2019

The math of growth is the same everywhere: a curve that bends toward limits, not infinity.

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🌍 Limits To Growth 📈 Scaling Laws ⚡ Energy History

Growth

The math of growth is the same everywhere: a curve that bends toward limits, not infinity.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2019 664 페이지

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1,000+ 개의 평점

🌍 Limits To Growth 📈 Scaling Laws ⚡ Energy History

How to Feed the World

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2024

Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.

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🥘 Food Systems 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🔬 Nutrition Science

How to Feed the World

Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2024 272 페이지

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500+ 개의 평점

🥘 Food Systems 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🔬 Nutrition Science

Should We Eat Meat?

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2013

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

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🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet

Should We Eat Meat?

Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2013 282 페이지

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🏭 Industrial Agriculture 🌡️ Meat And Climate 🧬 Evolution Of Diet

Made in the USA

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2013

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics

Made in the USA

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2013 263 페이지

3.76

500+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics

Speed

저자: Vaclav Smil • 2025

From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.

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🚀 Tech Acceleration 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚡ Energy History

Speed

From geological drift to digital overdrive: how speed explains everything, and why it's breaking us.

저자: Vaclav Smil 2025 352 페이지

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29 개의 평점

🚀 Tech Acceleration 🧩 Systems Thinking ⚡ Energy History

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