Growth : from microorganisms to megacities
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TextPublication details: Massachusetts : MIT Press, ©2020.Description: xxv, 634 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780262539685
- 2000-2099
- Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
- Technology and civilization
- Growth
- Human ecology
- Population
- Energy development
- Economic development
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Civilization, Modern
- Economic development
- Energy development
- Growth
- Human ecology
- Population
- Technology and civilization
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
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- CB428 .S625 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-620) and index.
1. Trajectories: or common patterns of growth 2. Nature: or growth of living matter 3. Energies: or growth of primary and secondary converters 4. Artifacts: or growth of man-made objects and their performances 5. Populations, societies, economies: or growth of the most complex assemblies 6. What comes after growth: or demise and continuity 7. Coda.
"...In this magisterial work, Vaclav Smill offers a systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations..."--Page [4] of cover.
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