Name: Energy and Civilization
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Energy

Civilization

Our ability to transform the energy surrounding us into fuel and power has driven our economy and propelled our technological progress, since the time of cavemen making fire.  Robert Smil's latest book, Energy, and Civilization: A History, traces this trajectory.  A comprehensive account of how we got here, it is a must-read for any historian or student of human development. 

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