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There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil
BILL GATES
A compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going
STEVEN PINKER on NUMBERS DON’T LIE
There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil . . . The nerd's nerd
GUARDIAN
There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil
BILL GATES
A compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going
STEVEN PINKER on NUMBERS DON’T LIE
There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil . . . The nerd's nerd
GUARDIAN
There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil
BILL GATES
A compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going
STEVEN PINKER on NUMBERS DON’T LIE
There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil . . . The nerd's nerd
GUARDIAN