Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies - Couverture souple

West, Geoffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0297609475 ISBN 13 : 9780297609476

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017

Synopsis

Geoffrey West's research centres on a quest to find unifying principles and patterns connecting everything from cells and ecosystems to cities, social networks and businesses. SCALE addresses big, urgent questions about global sustainability, population explosion, urbanization, ageing, cancer, human lifespans and the increasing pace of life, but also encourages us to question the world around us. Why can we live for 120 years but not for a thousand? Why does the pace of life continually increase? Why do mice live for just two or three years and elephants for up to 75? Why do companies behave like mice, and are they all destined to die? Do cities, companies and human beings have natural, pre-determined lifespans? Why, in fact, do we die? Are we just a fascinating experiment in natural selection that is ultimately doomed to fail? And what is the origin of the magic number 4 that seems to determine much of physiology and life-history from birth to death? SCALE is a seminal book of breathtaking originality and scope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey West is a British theoretical physicist and served as the President of the Santa Fe Institute from 2005 to 2009. Prior to joining the Santa Fe Institute as a Distinguished Professor in 2003, he was the leader and founder of the high energy physics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He still works at the SFI researching biological power laws. West has been cited and admired in the works of other writers and thinkers, and has made many popular online appearances on TED, Pop-Tech, and Google Talks. One of TIME magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World', his research and ideas have been discussed in media all over the world. www.ted.com/speakers/geoffrey_west

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0297609475
• ISBN 13: 9780297609476
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
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