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La energa es la nica moneda de cambio universal Sin transformacin de energa no hay nada La vida en la Tierra depende de la conversin de la energa solar en biomasa vegetal mientras que los seres humanos hemos aprendido a utilizar otros flujos de energa como los combustibles fsiles o la generacin fotovoltaica de electricidad En esta monumental historia Vaclav Smil ofrece una impresionante panormica de cmo la energa ha impulsado el progreso cultural y econmico de las sociedades humanas durante los ltimos diez mil aos desde los primeros grupos de cazadoresrecolectores hasta la civilizacin fsil pasando por las sociedades agrcolas tradicionales y la gran transicin que lo cambi todo Energa y civilizacin es la gran obra maestra de Vaclav Smil el mayor experto mundial en el mbito de la energa segn la revista Science Una lectura fascinante en la que se habla de todo agricultura transporte construccin economa ecologa guerra tipos de carbn petrleo electricidad hornos motores pirmides y mucho ms Stories mould who we are from our character to our cultural identity They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and shape our politics and beliefs We use them to construct our relationships to keep order in our law courts to interpret events in our newspapers and social media Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story from Joseph Campbells wellworn theories about myth and archetype to recent attempts to crack the Bestseller Code But few have used a scientific approach This is curious for if we are to truly understand storytelling in its grandest sense we must first come to understand the ultimate storyteller the human brain In this scalpelsharp thoughtprovoking audiobook Will Storr demonstrates how master storytellers manipulate and compel us leading us on a journey from the Hebrew scriptures to Mr Men from Booker Prizewinning literature to box set TV Applying dazzling psychological research and cuttingedge neuroscience to the foundations of our myths and archetypes he shows how we can use these tools to tell better stories and make sense of our chaotic modern world