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Growth : from microorganisms to megacities

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Massachusetts : MIT Press, ©2020Description: xxv, 634 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780262539685
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.82 SMI-G
Contents:
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.
Summary: "...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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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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