Vaclav Smil

Född 1943 vaclavsmil.com @VaclavSmil

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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.

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How the World Really Works

av Vaclav Smil • 2022

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.

av Vaclav Smil 2022 336 sidor

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Numbers Don't Lie

av Vaclav Smil • 2020

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

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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.

av Vaclav Smil 2020 384 sidor

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Energy and Civilization

av Vaclav Smil • 2017

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

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Energy and Civilization

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

av Vaclav Smil 2017 552 sidor

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Invention and Innovation

av Vaclav Smil • 2023

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

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Invention and Innovation

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

av Vaclav Smil 2023 225 sidor

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Growth

av Vaclav Smil • 2019

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

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Growth

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

av Vaclav Smil 2019 664 sidor

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How to Feed the World

av Vaclav Smil • 2024

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

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How to Feed the World

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

av Vaclav Smil 2024 272 sidor

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Should We Eat Meat?

av Vaclav Smil • 2013

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.

av Vaclav Smil 2013 282 sidor

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Made in the USA

av Vaclav Smil • 2013

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

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Made in the USA

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

av Vaclav Smil 2013 263 sidor

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Speed

av Vaclav Smil • 2025

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

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Speed

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

av Vaclav Smil 2025 352 sidor

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