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Author:

Ball, Philip, 1962-

Title:

Critical mass : how one thing leads to another / Philip Ball.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

520 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sociology.
Human behavior--Philosophy.
Physics--Social aspects.
Maatschappij.
Gedrag.
Politieke filosofie.
Natuurkunde.
Sociologie.
Comportement humain--Philosophie.
Physique--Aspect social.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-501) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780374281250 (hc : alk. paper)
0374281254 (hc : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003064178

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)