How the World Really Works

"How the World Really Works" by Vaclav Smil is a scientist’s guide to our past, present and future.

 

With eye-opening perspectives and scientific facts Vaclav Smil explains how the world really works and how seven of the most fundamental realities governs our life. "How the World Really Works" is an ambitious book that tackles myths and misinformations with the latest science while trying to answer the most pressuring question of our time: Are our future on this planet irreversibly doomed or is there any hope left for the humankind?