# Energy in Nature and Society

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- Book: [Energy in Nature and Society](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/energy-in-nature-and-society) ([Energy in Nature and Society.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/energy-in-nature-and-society.md))
- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6269-356-1
- Pages: 494
- Published: 2007-12-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization and its environmental...