{"product_id":"151285234","title":"Vaclav Smil | SIZE","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"display: none;\"\u003eInformation om Size av Vaclav Smil\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eI \u003cem\u003eSize\u003c\/em\u003e utforskar Vaclav Smil hur storlek påverkar allt från mikrober till samhällen. Du får insikter om livets och ekonomins komplexitet, som utmanar dina tankar om vad som verkligen räknas. Boken är perfekt för nyfikna läsare som vill förstå vår värld på djupet. Genom att förstå storlekens betydelse kan du se samband som tidigare varit dolda. En tankeväckande läsning som ger nya perspektiv på livet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__accordion accordion quick-add-hidden\" style=\"background-color: #edeae3;\"\u003e\u003cdetails id=\"Details-collapsible_tab_1\"\u003e\u003csummary role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_1\" class=\"accordion__summary\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"summary__title flex\" style=\"padding: 0 2rem 0 2rem;\"\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"accordion__title inline-richtext\" style=\"line-height: 2.5rem;\"\u003eFörlagets information\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csvg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-caret\" viewbox=\"0 0 10 6\"\u003e\u003cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.354.646a.5.5 0 00-.708 0L5 4.293 1.354.646a.5.5 0 00-.708.708l4 4a.5.5 0 00.708 0l4-4a.5.5 0 000-.708z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte\" id=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_1\" style=\"padding: 0 2rem 0 2rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the New York Times bestselling author of How the World Really Works, a wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: size, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness “No one writes about the great issues of our time with more rigor or erudition than Vaclav Smil.” — Elizabeth Kolbert To an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow the World Really Works, \u003c\/i\u003ea wide-ranging look at the most fundamental governing principle of our world: \u003ci\u003esize\u003c\/i\u003e, whose laws, limits, and peculiarities offer the key to understanding health, wealth, and even happiness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“No one writes about the great issues of our time with more rigor or erudition than Vaclav Smil.” — Elizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. \u003ci\u003eSize \u003c\/i\u003eexplains the regularities—and peculiarities—of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). This book about the big and the small, and the relationship between them, answers the big and small questions of human existence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat makes a human society too big? What about a human being?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do tall people make more money?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest masterwork of “an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences” (\u003ci\u003eWired)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSize\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-bending journey that turns the modern world on its head. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__accordion accordion quick-add-hidden\" style=\"background-color: #edeae3;\"\u003e\u003cdetails id=\"Details-collapsible_tab_1\"\u003e\u003csummary role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_1\" class=\"accordion__summary\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"summary__title flex\" style=\"padding: 0 2rem 0 2rem;\"\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"accordion__title inline-richtext\" style=\"line-height: 2.5rem;\"\u003eData om boken\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csvg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-caret\" viewbox=\"0 0 10 6\"\u003e\u003cpath fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.354.646a.5.5 0 00-.708 0L5 4.293 1.354.646a.5.5 0 00-.708.708l4 4a.5.5 0 00.708 0l4-4a.5.5 0 000-.708z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte\" id=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_1\" style=\"padding: 0 2rem 0 2rem;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 20px 0 20px; border: thin solid #000000;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: smaller;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBindning:\u003c\/b\u003e Förlagsband. 8:o (160x235 mm)\u003cb\u003eÅr:\u003c\/b\u003e Utg. 2023. \u003cb\u003eOmfång:\u003c\/b\u003e 304 s. \u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063324091. \u003cb\u003eSpråk:\u003c\/b\u003e Engelska\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 20px 0 20px; border: thin solid #000000;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: smaller;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFörfattare:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=title:Smil+Vaclav\"\u003eSmil, Vaclav\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitel:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=title:Size\"\u003eSize\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFörlag:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=vendor:HarperCollins+UK+Publishers\"\u003eHarperCollins UK Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Teknik\"\u003eTeknik\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtikelnr:\u003c\/b\u003e 151285234\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e av \u003cstrong\u003eVaclav Smil\u003c\/strong\u003e hittar du under genren \u003cstrong\u003eTeknik, ingenjörsvetenskap, lantbruk \u0026amp; industri\u003c\/strong\u003e inom \u003cstrong\u003eTeknik, ingenjörsvetenskap, lantbruk \u0026amp; industri\u003c\/strong\u003e i kategorin \u003cstrong\u003eNatur, vetenskap \u0026amp; teknik\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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