Category: Think and Culture

book quality	: Excellent
Date of Coming	: 2022-09-14
Language	: English
Size of file	: 10.2MB
Auther	: Vaclav Smil
Department	: literature
Section	: Think and Culture
Number of Pages	: 449

Author: Vaclav Smil

About the Author: Vaclav Smil is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Carolinum University in Prague and at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of the Pennsylvania State University. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass a broad area of energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies, and he had also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

About the Author: He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy) and the first non-American to receive the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He has been an invited speaker in more than 250 conferences and workshops in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, has lectured at many universities in North America, Europe and East Asia and has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions. His wife Eva is a physician and his son David is an organic synthetic chemist.

Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World book pdf download By Vaclav Smil

Is flying dangerous? How much do the world’s cows weigh? And what makes people happy?
From earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world – and how all of this affects the planet itself – in Numbers Don’t Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking.
Packed with ‘Well-I-never-knew-that’ information and with fascinating and unusual examples throughout, we find out how many people it took to build the Great Pyramid, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren’t as great as we think (yet). There’s a wonderful mix of science, history and wit, all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics.
Urgent and essential, Numbers Don’t Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true in these significant times. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey?

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Size of file	: 13.8MB
book quality	: Excellent
Section	: Think and Culture
Number of Pages	: 422
Auther	: Vaclav Smil
Language	: Italian
Date of Coming	: 2022-09-14
Department	: literature

Author: Vaclav Smil

About the Author: Vaclav Smil is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Carolinum University in Prague and at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of the Pennsylvania State University. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass a broad area of energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies, and he had also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

About the Author: He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy) and the first non-American to receive the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He has been an invited speaker in more than 250 conferences and workshops in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, has lectured at many universities in North America, Europe and East Asia and has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions. His wife Eva is a physician and his son David is an organic synthetic chemist.

I numeri non mentono: Brevi storie per capire il mondo book pdf download By Vaclav Smil

Quanto e perché è cresciuta l’altezza media della popolazione? Perché le auto elettriche non sono così risolutive quanto supponiamo? Mangiamo più pollo o più maiale, e perché? Che cos’è che rende felice la gente? Perché i vaccini sono il miglior investimento possibile? L’aspettativa di vita è arrivata al suo apice? Utilizzando dati, statistiche, studi scientifici internazionali, e spaziando tra i temi più disparati ― dalla fertilità ai rifiuti, dall’alimentazione alla tecnologia, dai trasporti alla medicina ― Vaclav Smil smonta certezze assodate, ribalta luoghi comuni e getta luce su aspetti meno noti della realtà. E ci invita, mescolando storia, scienza e grande arguzia, a sfidare le narrazioni più diffuse e a interrogarci su ciò che riteniamo vero in questi tempi significativi.

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book quality	: Excellent
Section	: Think and Culture
Number of Pages	: 427
Language	: Spanish
Size of file	: 5.57MB
Auther	: Vaclav Smil
Date of Coming	: 2022-09-14
Department	: literature

Author: Vaclav Smil

About the Author: Vaclav Smil is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Carolinum University in Prague and at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of the Pennsylvania State University. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass a broad area of energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies, and he had also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

About the Author: He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy) and the first non-American to receive the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He has been an invited speaker in more than 250 conferences and workshops in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, has lectured at many universities in North America, Europe and East Asia and has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions. His wife Eva is a physician and his son David is an organic synthetic chemist.

Los números no mienten: 71 historias para entender el mundo book pdf download By Vaclav Smil

Un maestro de los datos y las estadísticas ofrece una visión del mundo tan sorprendente como iluminadora.
¿Es peligroso volar? ¿Qué es peor para el medioambiente, un coche o un móvil? ¿Cuánto pesan todas las vacas del mundo juntos y por qué ese dato importa? ¿Se puede medir la felicidad?
La misión de Vaclav Smil es convencernos de que los hechos importan. Científico medioambiental, analista de políticas públicas y autor tremendamente prolífico, es el referente de Bill Gates cuando se trata de entender el mundo.
En Los números no mienten, nos embarcamos con Smil en una fascinante expedición en busca de datos que desafían nuestras preconcepciones, al tiempo que nos invita a ver con nuevos ojos el impacto de las transformaciones del mundo moderno sobre la sociedad y el medioambiente. Basado en divertidos ejemplos, estadísticas y gráficas asombrosas, este libro es la combinación perfecta de ingenio, historia y ciencia quecambiará la manera en que vemos el mundo.

Es posible que los números no mientan, pero ¿qué verdad transmiten?
La crítica ha dicho…
«El título de Smil lo dice todo: para entender el mundo hay que examinar las líneas de tendencia, no los titulares. Un retrato fascinante, convincente y sobre todo realista del mundo actual y de hacía dónde nos dirigimos.»
Steven Pinker
«La palabra “erudito” se inventó para describir a gente como él.»
 

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Department	: literature
Section	: Think and Culture
Date of Coming	: 2022-09-14
Size of file	: 5.20MB
Auther	: Vaclav Smil
Language	: Portuguese
Number of Pages	: 428
book quality	: Excellent

Author: Vaclav Smil

About the Author: Vaclav Smil is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Carolinum University in Prague and at the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of the Pennsylvania State University. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass a broad area of energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies, and he had also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

About the Author: He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy) and the first non-American to receive the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He has been an invited speaker in more than 250 conferences and workshops in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa, has lectured at many universities in North America, Europe and East Asia and has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions. His wife Eva is a physician and his son David is an organic synthetic chemist.

Os números não mentem: 71 histórias para entender o mundo book pdf download By Vaclav Smil

As questões mais relevantes do nosso tempo traduzidas em números
É perigoso voar de avião? O que é mais nocivo para o meio ambiente: um carro ou um celular? Qual é o peso somado de todas as vacas do mundo e por que essa pergunta é importante? É possível medir a felicidade?
Em Os números não mentem, embarcamos com Vaclav Smil em uma viagem fascinante em busca de dados que desafiem nossas ideias preconcebidas. Nela, aprendemos um pouco sobre os mais variados assuntos: geração de energia, alimentação, meio ambiente, transportes… E, em cada campo do saber, somos assombrados pelas verdades que os números podem revelar.
Ao longo desse percurso intelectual, somos convidados a enxergar com novos olhos o impacto das transformações do mundo moderno sobre a sociedade e o meio ambiente. Descobrimos também que é bem mais prazeroso deixar de lado algumas certezas quando o que temos a ganhar é o conhecimento verdadeiro.
Com exemplos inusitados e dados reveladores, esse livro combina com perfeição a história e a ciência, transformando a maneira como entendemos o mundo.
Afinal, os números podem até não mentir, mas que verdade eles transmitem?

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