{"product_id":"how-the-world-really-works-the-science-behind-how-we-got-here-and-where-were-going","title":"How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eINSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‚ÄúA new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors‚Ķ [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHow The World Really Works] \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world‚Äôs toughest challenges.‚Äù\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBill Gates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‚ÄúProvocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil‚Äîaccept or doubt his ‚Äòjust the facts‚Äô posture‚Äîbut you probably shouldn‚Äôt ignore him.‚Äù\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‚ÄîThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible‚Äîa scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, accomplish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don‚Äôt 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow the World Really Works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a much-needed reality check‚Äîbecause before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn‚Äôt inevitable‚Äîthe foolishness of allowing 70 per cent of the world‚Äôs rubber gloves to be made in just one factory became glaringly obvious in 2020‚Äîand that our societies have been steadily \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eincreasing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUltimately, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548242055453,"sku":"9780593297087","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780593297087.jpg?v=1761676665","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/how-the-world-really-works-the-science-behind-how-we-got-here-and-where-were-going","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}