Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life
Geoffrey West · 2017
Index
- Preface and Summary
- 1. The Big Picture
- 2. The Measure of All Things: An Introduction to Scaling
- 3. The Simplicity, Unity, and Complexity of Life
- 4. The Fourth Dimension of Life: Growth, Aging, and Death
- 5. From the Anthropocene to the Urbanocene: A Planet Dominated by Cities
- 6. Prelude to a Science of Cities
- 7. Toward a Science of Cities
- 8. Consequences and Predictions: From Mobility and the Pace of Life to Social Connectivity
- 9. Toward a Science of Companies
- 10. The Vision of a Grand Unified Theory of Sustainability
- Afterword
Quote
"Scaling laws reveal the hidden regularities in complex systems."
"Cities are the ultimate social networks."