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Growth

Hardcover • 2019 • English

Growth: From microorganisms to megacities

By Vaclav Smil

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About the book

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...Show more

Biology, life sciences
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
The environment

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ISBN

9780262042833

Published year

2019

Language

English

Original title

Growth

Format

Hardcover

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