by Vaclav Smil · Penguin Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466385404
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«Los números no mienten» (71 stories to understand the world) is a popular science essay by Vaclav Smil, in paperback, in Spanish.
Vaclav Smil brings together 71 short stories in which statistical data serve to review common ideas about energy, food, the environment and technology. The work connects figures, science and history and shows that measurements help us understand global phenomena and question many common perceptions.
The 2023 edition has been published by Penguin Random House and falls within the categories of science, history and technology.
Recommended for curious readers who want to go beyond the headlines and contrast common perceptions with objective data and analysis.
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Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.
