How The World Really Works. A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

Smil, Vaclav. How The World Really Works. A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future. Dublin: Penguin Random House Ireland, 2022.

Vaclav Smil's 2022 book on trends and outlooks regarding governance and the survival of humanity, vis-à-vis trends and quantitative data in food production, energy provision, the use of materials and population size trends.

He also discusses the consequences of policy choices regarding the above-mentioned time, which is useful to envision intermediate range policy options and pathways.

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