
Vaclav Smil
Writer at Freelance
I do research in the fields of energy, environmental/population change, food production/nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy.
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3 weeks ago |
wired.cz | Vaclav Smil
Předplaťte si WIREDWIRED přináší reportáže z budoucnosti. WIRED je časopis, který vám řekne, co bude dál ‑ nápady, technologie, kultura, byznys a další. WIRED je ale také komunita lidí. Připojte se k nám. Prohlédněte si varianty předplatnéhoPředplatné
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Mar 21, 2025 |
thewire.in | Vaclav Smil
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Feb 11, 2025 |
academic.oup.com | Vaclav Smil
The greatest technical discontinuity in history took place between 1867 and 1914. This era was distinguished by the most extraordinary concatenation of scientific and technical advances, the synergy of which produced bold and imaginative innovations resulting in profound socioeconomic impacts.
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Feb 4, 2025 |
popsci.com | Vaclav Smil
William Heath’s satirical 1829 colored etching was in reaction to a less ambitious, but still impossible, project of using a vacuum tube technique to move people between London and Edinburgh. Source: William Heath, A Futuristic Vision (etching) (London: Thos. McLean, ca. May 1829). Credit: Wellcome Library no. 37252i. Reprinted under Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 license.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
principia-scientific.com | Vaclav Smil
Written by Vaclav Smil on January 29, 2025. Posted in Current News Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Alpha is another overhyped venture, recycling 200-year-old dreams and exaggerated claims of innovationOn August 12, 2013, Elon Musk, at that time the chairman of Tesla, released his Hyperloop Alpha paper.
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