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03206cam a22005654a 4500 001 6E308C142B0611DE80C1F007A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220721010732 008 031015s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2003064178 020 $a 9780374281250 (hc : alk. paper) 020 $a 0374281254 (hc : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IBS $d OCL $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d BTCTA $d LVB $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HM585 $b .B35 2004 082 00 $a 301 $2 22 084 $a 70.08 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Ball, Philip, $d 1962- 245 1 $a Critical mass : $b how one thing leads to another / $c Philip Ball. 250 $a 1st American ed. 260 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2004. 300 $a 520 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-501) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : political arithmetick -- Raising Leviathan : the brutish world of Thomas Hobbes -- Lesser forces : the mechanical philosophy of matter -- The law of large numbers : regularities from randomness -- The grand ah-whoom : why some things happen all at once -- On growth and form : the emergence of shape and organization -- The march of reason : chance and necessity in collective motion -- On the road : the inexorable dynamics of traffic -- Rhythms of the marketplace : the shaky hidden hand of economics -- Agents of fortune : why interaction matters to the economy -- Uncommon proportions : critical states and the power of the straight line -- The work of many hands : the growth of firms -- Join the club : alliances in business and politics -- Multitudes in the valley of decision : collective influence and social change -- The colonization of culture : globalization, diversity, and synthetic societies -- Small worlds : networks that bring us together -- Weaving the web : the shape of cyberspace -- Order in Eden : learning to cooperate -- Pavlov's victory : is reciprocity good for us? -- Toward Utopia? : heaven, hell, and social planning -- Epilogue: Curtain call. 650 0 $a Sociology. 650 0 $a Human behavior $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Physics $x Social aspects. 650 17 $a Maatschappij. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Gedrag. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Politieke filosofie. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Natuurkunde. $2 gtt 650 6 $a Sociologie. 650 6 $a Comportement humain $x Philosophie. 650 6 $a Physique $x Aspect social. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2003064178.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003064178.html 941 $a 11 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214031758.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718082025.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926084039.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820073407.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OYAX081 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l O4AX446 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E308C142B0611DE80C1F007A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search