Bibliograph

Numbers don't lie, 71 stories to help us understand the modern world, Vaclav Smil

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Numbers don't lie, 71 stories to help us understand the modern world, Vaclav Smil

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Numbers don't lie

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1191214293

Responsibility statement

Vaclav Smil

Sub title

71 stories to help us understand the modern world

Summary

"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?"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

People : the inhabitants of our world -- Countries : nations in the age of globalization -- Machines, designs, devices : inventions that made our modern world -- Fuels and electricity : energizing our societies -- Transport : how we get around -- Food : energizing ourselves -- Environment : damaging and protecting our world

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Numbers do not lie

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