The Resource Growth : from microorganisms to megacities, Vaclav Smil
Growth : from microorganisms to megacities, Vaclav Smil
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The item Growth : from microorganisms to megacities, Vaclav Smil represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain." --
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Growth : from microorganisms to megacities
- Title
- Growth
- Title remainder
- from microorganisms to megacities
- Statement of responsibility
- Vaclav Smil
- Subject
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- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Civilization, Modern
- Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
- Economic development
- Economic development
- Energy development
- Energy development
- Growth
- 2000-2099
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Population
- Population
- Technology and civilization
- Technology and civilization
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Growth
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain." --
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smil, Vaclav
- Dewey number
- 909.82
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB428
- LC item number
- .S625 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Modern
- Technology and civilization
- Growth
- Human ecology
- Population
- Energy development
- Economic development
- Cities and towns
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Cities and towns
- Civilization, Modern
- Economic development
- Energy development
- Growth
- Human ecology
- Population
- Technology and civilization
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Label
- Growth : from microorganisms to megacities, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085577162
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 634 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262042833
- Lccn
- 2018059356
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085577162
- Label
- Growth : from microorganisms to megacities, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1085577162
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 634 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262042833
- Lccn
- 2018059356
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1085577162
Subject
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Civilization, Modern
- Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
- Economic development
- Economic development
- Energy development
- Energy development
- Growth
- 2000-2099
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Population
- Population
- Technology and civilization
- Technology and civilization
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Growth
- Cities and towns -- Growth
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