- Civilization, history, Civilization, modern, 21st century, Technology and civilization, Growth
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Cool, grave, epic and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Vaclav Smil, Eric Jason Martin
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 664
- Publisher
- Gildan Media, MIT Press, The MIT Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780262042833
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