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How the World Really Works - A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. 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 prosperit ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 73 Things about the World You Need to Know by Vaclav Smil
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
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, Pr ...Show more
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
A mind-expanding exploration size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil bust ...Show more
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