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That's why Smil's recent book "Numbers Don't Lie– 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World" is such a joy. It is not an engineering manual, but a romp through Smil's brain.
Vaclav Smil was born in 1943, during World War II, in Czechoslovakia, in the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. As a teenager, Smil’s parents expected him to chop wood, every four hours ...
Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Manitoba, says that America is in decline because of the loss of manufacturing jobs. He speaks with Jeff Ball at the ECO:nomics ...
Vaclav Smil is known to Treehugger for his books: " Growth, from Microorganisms to Megacities," " Energy and Civilization: A History," and most recently, " Numbers Don't Lie." ...