The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy

by Joel Mokyr

Book Overview

The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691094837
• ISBN13: 9780691094830
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"