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Energy: A Beginner's Guide by Vaclav Smil
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: Beginner's Guides
With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything. In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets - from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the ...Show more
Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
$112.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabiliti ...Show more
Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil
$39.00 NZD
Category: Economics
Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
Size - How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
From the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: size, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness"No one writes about the great issues of ou ...Show more
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A mind-expanding exploration size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil bust ...Show more
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