# Speed

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- Book: [Speed](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/pl/speed) ([Speed.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/pl/speed.md))
- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-14-0597-749-4
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2026-01-01
- Language: pl_PL
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates`There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil` GuardianDiscover how speed shapes life on Earth, from grinding geological processes to the astonishing speed of light. In this wide-ranging ideas book,...