عنوان

Growth :

(Number (ISBN

0262042835

(Number (ISBN

9780262042833

Title Proper

Growth :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from microorganisms to megacities /

First Statement of Responsibility

Vaclav Smil.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxv, 634 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"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. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain." --

Cities and towns-- Growth.

Civilization, Modern-- 21st century.

Economic development.

Energy development.

Growth.

Human ecology.

Population.

Technology and civilization.

Urban ecology (Sociology)

Cities and towns-- Growth.

Civilization, Modern.

Economic development.

Energy development.

Gesellschaft

Großstadt

Growth.

Human ecology.

Natur

Population.

Technik

Technology and civilization.

Urban ecology (Sociology)

Wachstumsprozess

Wirtschaft

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Smil, Vaclav

Date of Transaction

20200822104811.0

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