Growth : from microorganisms to megacities

By:

Smil, Vaclav

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London The MIT Press 2019Description: 634pISBN:

9780262539685

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

909.82 SMI

Summary: Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	History	909.82 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002538
Book	Plaksha University Library	History	909.82 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002539

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Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

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