VACLAV SMIL

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 12/9/1943     Death:

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

NOTABLE WORK

The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change

WHY THEY MATTER

Vaclav Smil is known for his groundbreaking interdisciplinary research that spans various fields including energy, environmental studies, food, population, economics, history, and public policy. His unique approach to analyzing and understanding complex global challenges, particularly in relation to energy, food, and the environment, has set him apart as an intellectual visionary in the field of sustainability and policy analysis. His extensive work on China's energy, food, and environmental issues further demonstrates his innovative and global perspective on these critical topics.

FAMOUS QUOTE

The gap between wishful thinking and reality is vast, but in a democratic society no contest of ideas and proposals can proceed in rational ways without all sides sharing at least a modicum of relevant information about the real world, rather than trotting out their biases and advancing claims disconnected from physical possibilities.Introduction

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