9/11/2023 0 Comments Civ 5 star wars![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, our history has a lot to do with kings and queens and games of thrones. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans’ ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. They’re great at painting the big picture, but they’re not as well equipped to depict the fine details. Many impressive writers who come from journalism are the opposite. Many writers who come out of academia specialize in delving deep into a topic they’ve studied for years, but they typically don’t bring together insights from across many different disciplines. I read Smil because he’s uniquely good at going both deep and broad. I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next Star Wars movie. As regular TGN readers know, I’m a fan of Vaclav Smil, a Czech-Canadian professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba.
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