Vaclav Smil (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈsmɪl]; born December 9, 1943) is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus...
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including playlists and animated SVGs Vaclav Smil (born 1943), Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst smil.mil, an access to SIPRNet Izmail, a town...
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dancer Václav Patejdl, Slovak singer and composer Wacław Potocki, Polish nobleman, poet and writer Václav Prospal, NHL hockey player Václav Smil, scientist...
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Energy and Civilization: A History is a 2017 book by Vaclav Smil, published by The MIT Press. The book is a "comprehensive account of how energy has shaped...
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Gallery alley named after HMV dog Nipper". Surrey Comet. 1 January 2010. Vaclav Smil, Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914 and...
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rather than under 15% of the total land area that is required today. — Vaclav Smil, Nitrogen cycle and world food production, Volume 2, pages 9–13 The energy-intensity...
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Frankfurt-am-Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8. Smil, Vaclav (2001). Enriching the earth. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. OCLC 61678151...
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Martin Publications. July 7, 1980. ISBN 9780906237151 – via Google Books. Vaclav Smil (30 July 2010). Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact...
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Page 31--32 Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World by Vaclav Smil -- Elsevier 2016 Page 6 Scientific American -- Conversion of cast iron...
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Limits to Growth.: 905–908 Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst Vaclav Smil disagreed with the combination of physically different processes into...
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the People's Republic of China" (PDF). Wilson Center. 27 June 1981. Smil, Vaclav (18 December 1999). "China's great famine: 40 years later". BMJ: British...
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of Bill Libby Gates, sister of Bill Nicholas Kristof Warren Buffett Vaclav Smil Nathan Myhrvold Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates was released...
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2005, "is in danger of becoming something of a cliché." Policy analyst Vaclav Smil titled his 2010 book by what he intended to explain: Why America Is Not...
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– Die rekonstruierte Kriegslokomotive, GeraMond, ISBN 3-7654-7101-1 Vaclav Smil (2005), Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914...
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Humankind 13 June 29, 2015 Iain Banks The Player of Games 14 July 14, 2015 Vaclav Smil Energy: A Beginner's Guide 15 July 28, 2015 Matt Ridley Genome: The Autobiography...
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Compressible Flow (Third ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-124136-1. Vaclav Smil (2005). Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 2009-01-04. Vaclav Smil (2005). Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914...
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Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2011. Vaclav Smil, "Global Population: Milestones, Hopes, and Concerns" Archived 3 February...
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German physicist, 2007 Nobel prize winner Karel Gott (1939–2019), singer Vaclav Smil (born 1943), scientist Jaroslav Beneš (born 1946), fine art photographer...
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the German University. The first rector of the Czech University became Václav Vladivoj Tomek [de]. In 1890, the Royal and Imperial Czech Charles-Ferdinand...
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centuries. The chronologically first discourse was most broadly described by Vaclav Smil. It underlines the change in the energy mix of countries and the global...
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37–39. Bibcode:2024NewSc.261b..37L. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(24)00274-4. Vaclav Smil (2004). Enriching the Earth Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation...
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window of opportunity is closing fast." According to scientist and author Vaclav Smil, "Without a biosphere in a good shape, there is no life on the planet...
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View by Roger Lewin Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere by Vaclav Smil Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy by James B....
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the Rare Earth hypothesis along these lines, see Cohen & Stewart 2002. Vaclav Smil (2003). The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change. MIT Press...
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Professional and Applied Ethics Carol Shields: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Vaclav Smil: energy systems scientist and policy analyst Peter St John, 9th Earl...
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International Energy Agency (Paris). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-02-09. Vaclav Smil (2016-02-29). "To Get Wind Power You Need Oil". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved...
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without first examining the underlying human causes, while geographer Vaclav Smil acknowledges that "the idea of planetary management may seem preposterous...
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Retrieved May 17, 2007. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Smil, Vaclav (25 August 2005). Vaclav Smil, "Creating the Twentieth Century:Technical Innovations...
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industrial energy sources. The concept was popularised by geographer Vaclav Smil. The term is usually shortened to "power density" in the relevant literature...
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