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010			_a 2003064178
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm62886634
040			_aQ2U _cQ2U _dOCLCG
020			_a0099457865 (pbk.)
020			_a9780099457862 (pbk.)
029	1		_aAU@ _b000040913363
029	1		_aHEBIS _b207963088
035			_a(OCoLC)62886634
050	1	4	_aHM 585 _bB187cr 2004
100	1		_aBall, Philip, _d1962-
245	1	0	_aCritical mass : _bhow one thing leads to another / _cPhilip Ball.
260			_aLondon : _bArrow, _c2004.
300			_a644 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 615-633) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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	_aSociology.
650		4	_aSociología
650		0	_aHuman behavior.
650		0	_aHuman behavior _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aPhysics _xSocial aspects.
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