Making the Modern World

by Vaclav Smil

Book Overview

How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.

Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most efficient production processes and the highest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119942535
• ISBN13: 9781119942535
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.5"