Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

By
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil
2019

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269 books

Nonfiction

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
The End is Always Near
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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52 books

Business

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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Surviving to Drive
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History

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52 books

Technology

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Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

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174 books

History

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
The End is Always Near
Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

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81 books

Science

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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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37 books

Libby

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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Neuromancer
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
Of Mice and Men

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Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Neuromancer
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really thought This Through?
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea
Of Mice and Men
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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23 books

Economics

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Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul
Break 'em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy