Growth by Vaclav Smil

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/132578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Growth Author: Vaclav Smil Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: mp3 Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins Release date: 03-31-20 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 90 ratings Genres: Civilization Publisher's Summary: Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.