How the world really works (Buch von 2022)

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Vaclav Smil: How the world really works. A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future. Penguin Random House, 2022.

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We have never had so much information at our fingertips, but do any of us know how the world really works?

This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our prosperity – and our survival. 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.

Vaclav Smil is neither a pessimist nor an optimist, he is a scientist. Drawing on the latest science, including his own fascinating research, and tackling sources of misinformation head on – from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky – Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia still possible?