Call number:
PIK B 314-19-92214
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
IX, 198 Seiten
,
Diagramme
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781783087136
Language:
English
Note:
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Steam-engine economics; 3. Beyond homo economicus; 4. Big and dirty; 5. Pictures of improbability; 6. Trillions, or only hundreds?; 7. Zipf’s law and other stories; 8. Ants and traders; 9. Too big to ignore; 10. Climate tipping points and known unknowns; 11. Predators and prey; 12. Good enough for government work; 13. Fat tails and the failure of forecasting; 14. Misunderstanding risk; 15. Choices beyond calculation; 16. Who won World War II?; 17. Conclusion
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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