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Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies

text Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies

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"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 phy... Read more
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 c... Read more
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479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Penguin Press 2018

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