Vaclav Smil
Czech-Canadian scientist who writes on energy, food, materials and the limits of growth.
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- Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst, born in Plzeň in 1943.
- Smil left Czechoslovakia for the United States in 1969, earned a PhD in geography at Penn State in 1971, and taught at the University of Manitoba from 1972, where Smil is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment.
- Smil's work spans energy, environment, food, population, economics and the history of technical change.
- Smil holds that the move away from fossil fuels will take far longer than many predict.
- How the World Really Works was a nominee for the 2022 Balsillie Prize.
Key facts
- Born
- 9 December 1943, Plzeň1
- Education
- RNDr., Charles University, Prague (1965); PhD in geography, Pennsylvania State University (1971)1
- Position
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Environment, University of Manitoba; taught there from 19721
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology (2000); Order of Canada (2013); FP Top 100 Global Thinkers (2010)1
- Books
- Energy and Civilization: A History (2017); Growth (2019); How the World Really Works (2022)1
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