The nature of technology : what it is and how it evolves / W. Brian Arthur.

Author/creator Arthur, W. Brian
Format Book
Edition1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Free Press, 2009.
Description246 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents Questions -- Combination and structure -- Phenomena -- Domains, or, Worlds entered for what can be accomplished there -- Engineering and its solutions -- The origin of technologies -- Structural deepening -- Revolutions and redomainings -- The mechanisms of evolution -- The economy evolving as its technologies evolve -- Where do we stand with this creation of ours?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
LCCN 2009007015
ISBN9781416544050 :
ISBN1416544054

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks T14 .A724 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold