Scale the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies
"From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field o...
| Main Author: | West, Geoffrey B. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.