Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies
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- ISBN: 9780143110903
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Physical Description:
479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-464) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The big picture -- The measure of all things: an introduction to scaling -- The simplicity, unity, and complexity of life -- The fourth dimension of life: growth, aging, and death -- From the Anthropocene to the Urbanocene: a planet dominated by cities -- Prelude to a science of cities -- Toward a science of cities -- Consequences and predictions: from mobility and the pace of life to social connectivity, diversity, metabolism, and growth -- Toward a science of companies -- The vision of a grand unified theory of sustainability. |
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Subject: | Scaling (Social sciences) Science Philosophy Evolution (Biology) Evolution Molecular aspects Urban ecology (Sociology) Social sciences Methodology Sustainable development |
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Cambria County Library | 303.44 W517s (Text) | 85131001686139 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |