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Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

4.7
389 L
Size: How It Explains the World

Size: How It Explains the World

4.3
1,329 L
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing (Mit Press)

Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing (Mit Press)

4.1
1,599 L
Numbers Dont Lie

Numbers Dont Lie

4.3
93 L
How the World Really Works By Vaclav Smil & [Hardcover] The Green New Deal By Jeremy Rifkin 2 Books Collection Set

How the World Really Works By Vaclav Smil & [Hardcover] The Green New Deal By Jeremy Rifkin 2 Books Collection Set

455 L
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

4.3
240 L
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

4.3
1,839 L
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

4.3
2,009 L
How the World Really Works [Paperback] Smil, Vaclav

How the World Really Works [Paperback] Smil, Vaclav

4.4
1,419 L
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

4.4
FREE
Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

4.7
2,969 L
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

4.6
244 L
Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate First Edition

Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate First Edition

4.2
1,545 L
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

4.3
1,369 L
Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

4.5
2,029 L
Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact) Hardcover – Illustrated, August 25, 2005

Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact) Hardcover – Illustrated, August 25, 2005

4.5
1,308 L
Energy

Energy

4.4
1,329 L
Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

4.5
832 L
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

4.4
1,409 L
How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

4.4
1,639 L
Why America Is Not a New Rome

Why America Is Not a New Rome

4.3
9,689 L
Size: The Measure of All Things

Size: The Measure of All Things

1,689 L
Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

4.3
5,289 L
How Food Really Works: The Science of Feeding our Growing Planet

How Food Really Works: The Science of Feeding our Growing Planet

679 L
Vaclav Smil Collection 2 Books Set (How the World Really Works & Numbers Don't Lie) Paperback – 26 Jun. 2024

Vaclav Smil Collection 2 Books Set (How the World Really Works & Numbers Don't Lie) Paperback – 26 Jun. 2024

551 L
Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

4.8
1,119 L
Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems (Mit Press)

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems (Mit Press)

4.0
5,039 L
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

FREE
How the World Really Works By Smil Vaclav, Footprints [Hardcover] By David Farriery, Foolproof [Hardcover] By Dr Sander Van der Linden 3 Books Collection Set

How the World Really Works By Smil Vaclav, Footprints [Hardcover] By David Farriery, Foolproof [Hardcover] By Dr Sander Van der Linden 3 Books Collection Set

1,101 L
Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

705 L
China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry into the Limits of National Development

3
2,259 L
Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines (Mit Press)

Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines (Mit Press)

4.4
555 L
Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production (The MIT Press)

Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production (The MIT Press)

1,279 L
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

4.3
891 L
Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

4.5
1,663 L
Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

4.4
801 L
Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory 1st Edition

Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory 1st Edition

4.2
2,539 L
Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

4.6
561 L
Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

4.5
FREE
Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere (Scientific American Library)

Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere (Scientific American Library)

5
1,899 L
Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

4.6
1,726 L
Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

4.3
262 L
The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change Paperback – August 11, 2003

The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change Paperback – August 11, 2003

3.9
3,799 L
China's Past, China's Future (Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship)

China's Past, China's Future (Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship)

3,019 L
Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)

Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)

3,999 L