- Published: 6 February 2024
- ISBN: 9780241992142
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.99
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How It Explains the World
- Published: 6 February 2024
- ISBN: 9780241992142
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- RRP: $24.99
In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences . . . They're among the most data-heavy books you'll find, with a remarkable way of framing basic facts
Wired
There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil
Guardian
An endlessly entertaining career through fascinating territory
Simon Ings, Daily Telegraph
Vaclav Smil is a phenomenon with an appetite for facts over prejudice and fashion. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future
eminent architect, Lord Norman Foster
Both informative and entertaining . . . I suspect that many Physics World readers would be delighted to find this book waiting for them under the Christmas tree. Indeed, it would be perfect reading material for anyone who enjoys a mathematical analysis of the world around them
Physics World