TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smil,Vaclav
TI  - Numbers don't lie: 71 stories to help us understand the modern world 
SN  - 9780143136224
PY  - 2021///
CY  - [New York, New York]
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - Globalization
KW  - World politics
KW  - Technology and civilization
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; People : the inhabitants of our world -- Countries : nations in the age of globalization -- Machines, designs, devices : inventions that made our modern world -- Fuels and electricity : energizing our societies -- Transport : how we get around -- Food : energizing ourselves -- Environment : damaging and protecting our world
N2  - "Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"--
ER  -