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How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future, Kindle Edition by Vaclav Smil. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on, Vaclav Smil explains the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity – from energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to our environment and its future. This book offers a much-needed reality check and answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?