Václav Smil - Čísla nelžou

Číslo nelžou je eklektické kniha s tematickým záběrem od lidí, populací a států, přes spotřebu energie a technické inovace, po stroje a zařízení utvářející naší moderní civilizaci.

Václav Smil - Making the Modern World

Any study aiming to elucidate the complexity of material flows of modern societies, their prerequisities and their consequences, should be as comprehensive as possible, indeed its coverage should be truly all-encompassing.

Václav Smil - Transforming the 20th century

It is to quantity, scale and magnitude, and not to change in kind, that the deepest social impacts of science and technology during the 20th century are due.