![]() ‘I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist I am a scientist trying to explain how the world really works,’ we are told in the opening section of Vaclav Smil’s latest book – a combination of self-professed modesty and grandiose aspiration that is emblematic of the pages to follow.Īn erudite scholar with an impressive record of academic and popular publications, Smil may be more widely known as Bill Gates’s Star Wars surrogate, not least due to a multi-book argument that energy transitions are protracted affairs. The sustainability revolution will not be televised ![]() If you would like to contribute to the series, please contact the managing editor of LSE Review of Books, Dr Rosemary Deller, at the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future. This blogpost originally appeared on LSE Review of Books. While Smil’s educational efforts to expose some of the sinews of our modern economy are salutary, Iancu Daramus questions the book’s vision of the future of energy and the sustainability revolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() In How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future, Vaclav Smil explores seven fundamental areas that govern human survival and prosperity, covering topics such as food production, energy and globalisation. ![]()
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