Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
“Vaclav Smil keeps turning out amazing books.Making the Modern World, I just finished, and it’s pretty fantastic.”  (Interview with Bill Gates, 22 January 2014)“This makes the book particularly suitable for students, and not just those in obviously-related disciplines: it’s a good example of fact-based reasoning, one material we can always use more of.”  (Chemistry & Industry,1 January 2014)