Издания и произведения

Канадский ученый, эколог и политолог Вацлав Смил знаменит своими работами о связи энергетики с экологией, демографией и реальной политикой, а также виртуозным умением обращаться с большими массивами статистических данных. Эта книга, которая так восхитила Билла Гейтса, обобщает самые интересные материалы, которые Смил пишет для журнала IEEE Spectrum — одного из ведущих научно-инженерных изданий мира, и представляет собой актуальное руководство для понимания истинного положения дел на нашей планете. Она затрагивает широкий диапазон тем, касающихся людей, целых народов и стран, энергии и того, как мы ее используем, технических инноваций, а…

Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy

Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinkin

Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey?