Energy and Civilization. A History (Vaclav Smil, 2017)
Vaclav Smil, Energy and Civilization. A History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2017)
The Book Reviews section provides critical readings of the academic literature in energy history (books, articles, conferences and symposiums, thesis defenses, etc.). It is deliberately entrusted to a team of researchers early in their careers, thereby enabling them to actively follow the most recent publications. It is currently led by Guillaume Yon, a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, and Sarah Claire, a doctoral student at EHESS in Paris.
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Vaclav Smil, Energy and Civilization. A History (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2017)