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[ 洋図書 ] How the world really works : the science behind how we got here and where we're going /

Vaclav Smil. -- Viking, -- 2022, -- First North American edition.

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ISBN 0593297067 (hardcover)
ISBN13桁 9780593297063 (hardcover)
無効なISBN等 9780593297070 (ebook)
テキストの言語 英語                  
分類：NDC10版 404
個人著者標目 Smil, Vaclav,
本タイトル How the world really works :
タイトル関連情報 the science behind how we got here and where we're going /
著者名 Vaclav Smil.
版表示 First North American edition.
出版地・頒布地 [New York] :
出版者・頒布者名 Viking,
出版年・頒布年 2022,
数量 326 pages ;
大きさ 24 cm.
一般注記 "First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2022."--Title page verso.
書誌注記 Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-306) and index.
内容注記 Introduction: Why do we need this book? -- Understanding energy : fuels and electricity -- Understanding food production : eating fossil fuels -- Understanding our material world : the four pillars of modern civilization -- Understanding globalization : engines, microchips, and beyond -- Understanding risks : from viruses to diets to solar flares -- Understanding the environment : the only biosphere we have -- Understanding the future : between apocalypse and singularity -- Appendix: Understanding numbers: orders of magnitude.
要約、抄録、注釈等 "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. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check--because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts. 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 our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, such that any promises of decarbonization by 2050 are a fairy tale. For example, each greenhouse-grown supermarket-bought tomato has the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel embedded in its production, and we have no way of producing steel, cement or plastics at required scales without huge carbon emissions. Ultimately, Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead? Compelling, data-rich and revisionist, this wonderfully broad, interdisciplinary guide finds faults with both extremes. Looking at the world through this quantitative lens reveals hidden truths that change the way we see our past, present and uncertain future."-- Provided by publisher.
一般件名 Science -- Social aspects.
Science and civilization.
資料情報1 『How the world really works : the science behind how we got here and where we're going /』First North American edition.　Vaclav Smil.　Viking,　2022, （所蔵館：中央　 請求記号：F/404.0/S64/H　 資料コード：7116719849）
URL https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352060640

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