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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 and that our societies have been steadily increasing their…

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…

У нас ніколи не було стільки інформації під рукою, як сьогодні, але більшість не знає, як насправді влаштований світ. Ця книжка пояснює сім найбільш фундаментальних реалій, які керують нашим виживанням і процвітанням. Від виробництва енергії та харчових продуктів, через глобалізацію до екологічної катастрофи, книжка «Як насправді влаштований світ» пропонує вкрай необхідну інформацію про реальний стан речей. Вацлав Сміл не песиміст і не оптиміст, він науковець – провідний світовий експерт з енергетики. Його книжка – це спроба пояснити важливі факти про світ, спираючись на новітню науку включно із власними захопливими дослідженнями.…

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 un

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 un

Наша сегодняшняя жизнь перенасыщена информацией, однако большинство людей все же не знают, как на самом деле устроен наш мир. Эта книга освещает основные темы, связанные с обеспечением нашего выживания и благополучия: энергия, производство продуктов питания, важнейшие долговечные материалы, глобализация, оценка рисков, окружающая среда и удущее человека. Поиск эффективного решения проблем требует изучения фактов — мы узнаем, например, что глобализация не была неизбежной и что наше общество все сильнее зависит от ископаемого топлива, поэтому любые обещания декарбонизации к 2050 году — не более чем сказка. Что на каждый выращенный в теплице…

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.