How the world really works : the science behind how we got here and where we're going : hardcover 1st North American ed

How the world really works : the science behind how we got here and where we're going : hardcover

1st North American ed

Material type: 図書

Author: Vaclav Smil

Publisher: Viking

Publication date: 2022

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: 24 cm

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9780593297063
Title: How the world really works : the science behind how we got here and where we're going
Volume: : hardcover
Author/Editor: Vaclav Smil
Edition: 1st North American ed
Author Heading: Smil, Vaclav
https://ci.nii.ac.jp/author/DA0264384X
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Viking
Publication Date: 2022
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2022
Size: 24 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code): us
Text Language Code: en
Subject Heading: Science -- Social aspects
Science and civilization
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Technology and civilization
LCC: Q175.5
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)
"First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2022"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-306) and index
Summary: "An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible--a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check--because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any
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NCID: https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BC13696981 : BC13696981
LC Control Number: 2022006318
https://lccn.loc.gov/2022006318