A Oneworld Paperback Original
First published by Oneworld Publications, 2006
This new revised ebook edition published 2017
Copyright © Vaclav Smil, 2006, 2017
The right of Vaclav Smil to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
All rights reserved
Copyright under Berne Convention
A CIP record for this title is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-78607-133-0
eISBN 978-1-78607-134-7
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