How the World Really Works The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Vaclav Smil, Stephen Perring

eAudio - 2022

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world’s toughest challenges.”—Bill Gates “Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn 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 do...n’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our... more