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How the World Really Works - The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going (Hardcover)
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How the World Really Works - The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going (Hardcover)
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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 Post
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 promises of decarbonization by 2050
are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown
supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of
diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing
steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon
emissions. Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of
our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?
Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad,
interdisciplinary guide finds faults with both extremes. Looking at
the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that
change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future.
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