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

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

4.7
BND25
Size: How It Explains the World

Size: How It Explains the World

4.3
$54
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
$40
Numbers Dont Lie

Numbers Dont Lie

4.3
$6
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

$34
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
$18
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

4.3
$50
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

4.3
$57
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
How the World Really Works [Paperback] Smil, Vaclav

How the World Really Works [Paperback] Smil, Vaclav

4.4
$32
Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

4.7
$96
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

4.6
$18
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
$113
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
$31
Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

4.5
$57
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
$99
Energy

Energy

4.4
$29
Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

4.5
$63
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

4.4
$58
Why America Is Not a New Rome

Why America Is Not a New Rome

4.3
$393
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
$42
Size: The Measure of All Things

Size: The Measure of All Things

$69
How Food Really Works: The Science of Feeding our Growing Planet

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

$28
Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

4.3
$190
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

$40
Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

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

4.8
BND74
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
$179
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

$84
Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

$52
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
BND143
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
$40
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)

BND81
Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

4.5
$125
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

4.3
$65
Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

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

4.4
$60
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
$78
Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

4.6
$41
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
BND120
Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

4.6
$128
Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

4.3
$19
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
$129
China's Past, China's Future (Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship)

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

BND191
Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)

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

BND251