Before the Collapse
A Guide to the Other Side of Growth
$60.78
- Paperback
242 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2019
Summary
Nobody has to tell you that when things go bad, they go bad quickly and seemingly in bunches. Complicated structures like buildings or bridges are slow and laborious to build but, with a design flaw or enough explosive energy, take only seconds to collapse. This fate can befall a company, the stock market, or your house or town after a natural disaster, and the metaphor extends to economies, governments, and even whole societies. As we proceed blindly and incrementally in one direction or ano…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783030290375 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3030290379 |
| Author: | Ugo Bardi |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Imprint: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 242 |
| Edition: | 2020th |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Ugo Bardi
Ugo Bardi teaches physical chemistry at the University of Florence, in Italy. He is interested in resource depletion, system dynamics modeling, climate science and renewable energy. He is member of the scientific committee of ASPO (Association for the study of peak oil) and regular contributor of “The Oil Drum” and “Resilience.org”. His blog in English is called “Cassandra’s legacy”. He is also the author of Extracted: How the Quest for Global Mining Wealth is Plundering the Planet (Chelsea Green 2014) and The Limits to Growth Revisited (Springer 2011).
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