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Energy and Civilization
- A History
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization and offers listeners a magisterial overview of humanity's energy eras.
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excellent delivery of a complex subject
- By Mark on 2019-04-10
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Energy and Civilization
- A History
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-08
- Language: English
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Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate and provide listeners with the science and politics behind the world’s most controversial resource. Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that few would recognise. It is the lifeblood of the modern world, and humanity’s dependence upon it looks set to continue for decades to come. In this captivating audiobook, Vaclav Smil explains all matters related to "black gold", from its discovery in the earth, right through to the political maelstrom that surrounds it today.
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Oil: Bolinda Beginner Guides
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2012-07-03
- Language: English
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Growth
- From Microorganisms to Megacities
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins
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Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
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Growth
- From Microorganisms to Megacities
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2020-03-31
- Language: English
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Length: 8 hrs
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Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment - your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 2021-05-04
- Language: English
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Energy: Bolinda Beginner Guides
- Written by: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Dave Ferguson
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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In this user-friendly and informative audiobook, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to this far-reaching term and gives the reader a greater understanding of energy's place in both past and present society. Starting with an explanation of the concept, he goes on to cover such exciting topics as the inner workings of the human body, and the race for more efficient and environmentally friendly fuels.
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Highly technical analysis of energy
- By Matt on 2019-09-24
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Energy: Bolinda Beginner Guides
- Narrated by: Dave Ferguson
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2012-05-09
- Language: English
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