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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

By Vaclav Smil
Narrated by: Stephen Perring
Unabridged — 10 hours, 7 minutes
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By Vaclav Smil
Narrated by: Stephen Perring
Unabridged — 10 hours, 7 minutes
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil-accept or doubt his `just the facts' posture-but you probably shouldn't ignore him.”-The Washington Post

An essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible-a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish.


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