Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, and the author of 19 books, including Feeding the World (MIT Press, 2000), Enriching the Earth: Transformation of World Food Production (MIT Press 2001), and Energy at the Crossroads (MIT Press 2003).
"[Smil's] scholarship mocks the boundaries that separate history
from economics, geography from technology studies. He is unusually
adept at combining his knowledge of how techniques actually work
with his ability to illustrate their overall effects on society and
the human condition.
The amount of pure learning and erudition that Smil brings to these
700 pages has to be experienced to be believed. In telling the
story of modern technology since 1870 in a coherent way these 700
pages totally eclipse the competition."--Joel Mokyr, Departments of
Economics and History, Northwestern University
"For readers interested in a good summary of the key technical
developments of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
they will find much to value in Smil's book."--American Historical
Review
"[Smil's] scholarship mocks the boundaries that separate history
from economics, geography from technology studies. He is unusually
adept at combining his knowledge of how techniques actually work
with his ability to illustrate their overall effects on society and
the human condition.
The amount of pure learning and erudition that Smil brings to these
700 pages has to be experienced to be believed. In telling the
story of modern technology since 1870 in a coherent way these 700
pages totally eclipse the competition."--Joel Mokyr, Departments of
Economics and History, Northwestern University
"For readers interested in a good summary of the key technical
developments of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
they will find much to value in Smil's book."--American Historical
Review
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