# really work (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover really work. Page: Feed: --- ## [Reverse-Z is the Perfect Hack](https://shlom.dev/articles/reverse-z-perfect-hack) _2026-06-30 · shlom.dev_ ## [Speed](https://vaclavsmil.com/speed/) _2026-06-02 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ The US edition of Speed: How it Explains the World was published in New York by Penguin. ## [New editions](https://vaclavsmil.com/new-editions/) _2026-05-01 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ Oneworld Publications in London asked me to produce the third (revised and expanded) editions of Oil: A Beginner’s Guide and Energy: A Beginner’s Guide. Oil will be published first, in January 2027. ## [How to Feed the World in France](https://vaclavsmil.com/how-to-feed-the-world-in-france/) _2026-04-01 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ Following its publication in January 2026, Comment nourir le monde, the French translation of How to Feed the World, was reviewed in Le Monde, Le Figaro, Le Point. Here are the links to these, and other, reviews: Aurélie Luneau, Grand entretien, “De cause à effets” (France Culture)Audrey Garric et Perrine Mouterde, Entretien, Le MondeCharles Jaigu, Portrait, Le \[…\] ## [Fighting Words](https://vaclavsmil.com/fighting-words/) _2026-03-03 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ Michael Cembalest published Fighting Words, J.P.Morgan’s 16th Annual Energy Paper. I contributed the last four pages of it: Essential charts: Vaclav Smil on the limits and constraints on green electrification could be accessed at https://assets.jpmprivatebank.com/content/dam/jpm-pb-aem/global/en/documents/eotm/fighting-words.pdf ## [How Virtual Textures Really Work](https://shlom.dev/articles/how-virtual-textures-really-work) _2026-02-04 · shlom.dev_ ## [New Translations](https://vaclavsmil.com/new-translations-6/) _2026-01-31 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ The latest translations of my books include How to Feed the World in Czech, Japanese and Spanish; Size in Portuguese; and How the World Really Works in Arabic and Croatian. ## [The Geometry Behind Normal Maps](https://shlom.dev/articles/geometry-behind-normal-maps) _2025-11-03 · shlom.dev_ ## [New Translations](https://vaclavsmil.com/new-translations-5/) _2025-10-26 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ The latest translations of my books include Energy and Civilization in Italian and Polish; How the World Really Works in French and Italian; How to Feed the World in French; and Invention and Innovation in Polish. ## [Speed: How It Explains the World](https://vaclavsmil.com/speed-how-it-explains-the-world/) _2025-10-25 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ Penguin Books will publish Speed: How It Explains the World on November 27, 2025. This book, a companion volume to my Growth and Size, is a systematic analysis of speed, from wind erosion to hunting cheetahs, from Boeing 747s to America’s war time industrial mobilization to the speed of global energy decarbonization. ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eFIwswNKrdt7) _2025-10-25 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [New Translations](https://vaclavsmil.com/new-translations-4/) _2025-09-23 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ The latest translations of my books include Grand Transitions in Korean, Growth and Numbers Don’t Lie in Turkish, How the World Really Works in Japanese, Invention and Innovation in Ukrainian, and Size in Chinese. ## [New Translations](https://vaclavsmil.com/new-translations-3/) _2025-07-30 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ The latest translations of my books include Energy and Civilization in Czech, How to Feed the World in Korean and Slovak, Invention and Innovation in Spanish and Slovenian, Making the Modern World in Czech and Should We Eat Meat in Spanish. ## [Fifty Years, Fifty Books](https://vaclavsmil.com/fifty-years-fifty-books/) _2025-04-11 · Olibro Webmaster · Vaclav Smil_ Fifty years ago, in May 1975, I finished the first draft of my first book, and China’s Energy was published in 1976. In April 2025 Creating and Transforming the 20th Century became my 50th published book (including new revised, updated and expanded editions). The following publishers brought out the original English editions: The MIT Press \[…\]