Vaclav Smil

Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba

Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems

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"Vaclav Smil's appreciation of energy systems combines Thomas Edison and Franz Kafka. He celebrates innovation and progress but also vividly shows the strange fates and fall-out of what appear to be some of humanity's best machines."--Jesse H. Ausubel, Director, Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University (Jesse H. Ausubel )
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