Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst (born 1943)
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil
Born
(1943-12-09) December 9, 1943 (age 80)
Plzeň, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Nationality
Canadian
Alma mater
Charles University in Prague, Pennsylvania State University
Scientific career
Fields
Environmental science, public policy studies
Institutions
University of Manitoba
Thesis
"Světová a československá energetika" Trans. "Energy Policy in Czechoslovakia and the world." (1969)
Website
VaclavSmil.com
Vaclav Smil (Czech:[ˈvaːtslafˈsmɪl];[1] born December 9, 1943) is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst.[2] He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus[3] in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.
^Bill Gates Notes: Vaclav Smil on his book, "Making the Modern World" – June 12, 2014
^http://www.vaclavsmil.com/ Official Site of Vaclav Smil
^"Distinguished Professors Emeritus/Emerita | Governance | University of Manitoba". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
VaclavSmil (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈsmɪl]; born December 9, 1943) is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus...
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rather than under 15% of the total land area that is required today. — VaclavSmil, Nitrogen cycle and world food production, Volume 2, pages 9–13 The energy-intensity...
the People's Republic of China" (PDF). Wilson Center. 27 June 1981. Smil, Vaclav (18 December 1999). "China's great famine: 40 years later". BMJ: British...
Page 31--32 Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World by VaclavSmil -- Elsevier 2016 Page 6 Scientific American -- Conversion of cast iron...
Frankfurt-am-Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8. Smil, Vaclav (2001). Enriching the earth. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. OCLC 61678151...
Martin Publications. July 7, 1980. ISBN 9780906237151 – via Google Books. VaclavSmil (30 July 2010). Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact...
Gallery alley named after HMV dog Nipper". Surrey Comet. 1 January 2010. VaclavSmil, Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914 and...
Limits to Growth.: 905–908 Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst VaclavSmil disagreed with the combination of physically different processes into...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Retrieved 2009-01-04. VaclavSmil (2005). Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914...
– Die rekonstruierte Kriegslokomotive, GeraMond, ISBN 3-7654-7101-1 VaclavSmil (2005), Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867–1914...
2005, "is in danger of becoming something of a cliché." Policy analyst VaclavSmil titled his 2010 book by what he intended to explain: Why America Is Not...
Humankind 13 June 29, 2015 Iain Banks The Player of Games 14 July 14, 2015 VaclavSmil Energy: A Beginner's Guide 15 July 28, 2015 Matt Ridley Genome: The Autobiography...
Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2011. VaclavSmil, "Global Population: Milestones, Hopes, and Concerns" Archived 3 February...
centuries. The chronologically first discourse was most broadly described by VaclavSmil. It underlines the change in the energy mix of countries and the global...
the German University. The first rector of the Czech University became Václav Vladivoj Tomek [de]. In 1890, the Royal and Imperial Czech Charles Ferdinand...
industrial energy sources. The concept was popularised by geographer VaclavSmil. The term is usually shortened to "power density" in the relevant literature...
37–39. Bibcode:2024NewSc.261b..37L. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(24)00274-4. VaclavSmil (2004). Enriching the Earth Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation...
without first examining the underlying human causes, while geographer VaclavSmil acknowledges that "the idea of planetary management may seem preposterous...
View by Roger Lewin Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere by VaclavSmil Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy by James B....
the Rare Earth hypothesis along these lines, see Cohen & Stewart 2002. VaclavSmil (2003). The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change. MIT Press...
Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-25. VaclavSmil (2017-03-29). "Planet of the Cows". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2020-09-08...
Professional and Applied Ethics Carol Shields: Pulitzer Prize-winning author VaclavSmil: energy systems scientist and policy analyst Peter St John, 9th Earl...
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