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Energy and Civilization
562 pages, 2018
science & nature
1064 bookseconomics & politics
987 bookstechnology
392 bookshistory
999 booksOur ability to transform the energy surrounding us into fuel and power has driven our economy and propelled our technological progress, since the time of cavemen making fire. Robert Smil's latest book, Energy, and Civilization: A History, traces this trajectory. A comprehensive account of how we got here, it is a must-read for any historian or student of human development.