Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines, Paperback - Vaclav Smil

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Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few...

An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy...

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The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standard...

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