Energy and civilization : a history / Vaclav Smil.
Energy and civilization : a history / Vaclav Smil.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
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G 2017/2487
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English
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vii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy fl...
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Energy and civilization : a history / Vaclav Smil.
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Extensively updated and expanded edition of the author's Energy in world history (Boulder : Westview Press, 1994).
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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G 2017/2487
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74VKVaQxBvyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQxBvyM
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9780262035774
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333.7909
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991024104417402626
