Title Numbers don't lie : 71 stories to help us understand the modern world / Vaclav Smil.

Publication Info.

[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2021.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	909.08 SMIL	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	909 SMIL	DUE 05-14-24

Description	xvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	People : the inhabitants of our world -- Countries : nations in the age of globalization -- Machines, designs, devices : inventions that made our modern world -- Fuels and electricity : energizing our societies -- Transport : how we get around -- Food : energizing ourselves -- Environment : damaging and protecting our world.
Summary	"Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Civilization, Modern.
	Globalization.
	World politics.
	Technology and civilization.
	Human ecology.
	Statistics.
	Civilization, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00863073
	Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
	Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
	Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01132103
	Technology and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01145253
	World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
Added Title	Numbers do not lie
Other Form:	Online version: Smil, Vaclav. Numbers don't lie [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, 2021 9780525507819 (DLC) 2020055033
ISBN	9780143136224 (trade paperback)
	0143136224 (trade paperback)
	9780525507819 (ebook)

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