Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

by Vaclav Smil

Book Overview

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042835
• ISBN13: 9780262042833
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"