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![How the World Really Works: How Science Can Set Us Straight on Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCT21BNGdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1f80d59dcf1fff39fefa7567caaffeb2d134b3f7/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/How%20the%20World%20Really%20Works-%20How%20Science%20Can%20Set%20Us%20Straight%20on%20Our%20Past,%20Present,%20and%20Future.jpg)
326 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added
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Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Randomhouse
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In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that o...
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![How the World Really Works: How Science Can Set Us Straight on Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCT21BNGdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1f80d59dcf1fff39fefa7567caaffeb2d134b3f7/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/How%20the%20World%20Really%20Works-%20How%20Science%20Can%20Set%20Us%20Straight%20on%20Our%20Past,%20Present,%20and%20Future.jpg)
326 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Randomhouse
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable--the foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world's rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020--and that o...