{"product_id":"how-the-world-really-works","title":"How the World Really Works","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"373\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"373\"\u003eBOOK SUMMARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"569\"\u003eAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist’s investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"1050\"\u003eWe have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don’t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment, and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check—because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1072\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1072\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1513\"\u003eVaclav Smil is distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of more than forty books on energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he was named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers and is the author of the New York Times bestselling How the World Really Works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1525\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1525\"\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1593\"\u003e“A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors.”\u003cbr data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1582\"\u003e—Bill Gates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1694\"\u003e“You can agree or disagree with Smil—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”\u003cbr data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1674\"\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1829\"\u003e“An exceptionally lucid, evenhanded study of the scientific basis of our current and future lives.”\u003cbr data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1798\"\u003e—Kirkus Reviews, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1854\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1854\"\u003ePRODUCT INFORMATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1856\" data-end=\"1939\"\u003eTrade paperback\u003cbr data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1874\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1886\"\u003eNon-fiction\u003cbr data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1900\"\u003e8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.7 in T | 0.6 lb\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Posman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46144100499655,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/3277\/8951\/files\/how-the-world-really-works-7430517.jpg?v=1776443371","url":"https:\/\/posmanbooks.com\/products\/how-the-world-really-works","provider":"Posman Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}