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Title: Growth

Author: Vaclav Smil

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Format: mp3

Length: 26 hrs and 15 mins

Release date: 03-31-20

Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 90 ratings

Genres: Civilization


Publisher's Summary:
Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.