Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world
We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check – because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn’t inevitable and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely.
Vaclav Smil is neither a pessimist nor an optimist, he is a scientist; he is the world-leading expert on energy and an astonishing polymath. This is his magnum opus and is a continuation of his quest to make facts matter. Drawing on the latest science, including his own fascinating research, and tackling sources of misinformation head on – from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky – ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?
Nils Rune Langeland har en unik penn. Historiens spøkelseshær
Woke tosh.
Grensen mot Russland er blitt en grense mellom krig og fred. Gjennom tre måneder har Nils Rune Langeland reist fra Kirkenes i nord til Georgia . . .
The great forces of population change – the balance of births, deaths and migrations – have made the world what it is today. They have . . .
Niall Ferguson
A riveting study of Africa’s demographics – its youth and growth – and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future. Africa’s . . .
World leaders have made a forceful statement that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. However, little progress has been . . .
As Einstein pointed out in his famous equation, E=MC2, all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere; it is everything. In this engaging . . .
Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world’s most . . .
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world’s cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods . . .
«Sam Huntington, one of the West’s most eminent political scientists, presents a challenging framework for understanding the realities of global politics in the next century. . . .
Europa er inne i en brytningstid. Kartet stemmer dårlig overens med terrenget. De arvede sjablongene, begrepene som vi har brukt til å forstå vår samtid . . .
«For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be . . .
Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected redwoods. He co-created the predecessor to today’s . . .
False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across . . .
Unsettled is a remarkable book–probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson–that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in . . .
China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique? It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western . . .
Det går nedenom og hjem med vestlig kultur. «Britain today presents a puzzling spectacle. Outwardly, materially, the country is prospering, and there is no particular . . .
This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, . . .