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

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

4.7
2,100 Fr
Size: How It Explains the World

Size: How It Explains the World

4.3
4,200 Fr
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
3,300 Fr
Numbers Dont Lie

Numbers Dont Lie

4.3
577 Fr
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

2,824 Fr
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

4.3
4,100 Fr
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
1,503 Fr
Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

4.3
4,600 Fr
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
2,700 Fr
Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

Natural Gas: Fuel for the 21st Century

4.7
7,600 Fr
Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made

4.6
1,529 Fr
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
9,535 Fr
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
2,600 Fr
Energy and Civilization: A History

Energy and Civilization: A History

4.5
4,600 Fr
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
8,215 Fr
Energy

Energy

4.4
2,400 Fr
Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World

4.5
5,158 Fr
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

4.4
4,400 Fr
Why America Is Not a New Rome

Why America Is Not a New Rome

4.3
29,900 Fr
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
3,400 Fr
Size: The Measure of All Things

Size: The Measure of All Things

5,400 Fr
Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

4.3
14,700 Fr
How Food Really Works: The Science of Feeding our Growing Planet

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

2,100 Fr
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

3,403 Fr
Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

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

4.8
5,000 Fr
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
Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years

4,332 Fr
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
13,900 Fr
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

6,854 Fr
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
3,428 Fr
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
11,900 Fr
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)

6,000 Fr
Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects

4.5
10,290 Fr
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization

4.3
5,499 Fr
Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World

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

4.4
5,008 Fr
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
6,200 Fr
Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

4.6
3,462 Fr
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
10,000 Fr
Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

Vaclav Smil>*^MADE IN THE USA

4.3
1,617 Fr
Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

4.6
10,346 Fr
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
10,100 Fr
China's Past, China's Future (Asia's Transformations/Critical Asian Scholarship)

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

16,000 Fr
Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints (Institute for Amorphous Studies Series)

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

20,100 Fr