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Human frontiers : the future of big ideas in an age of small thinking / Michael Bhaskar.

Van Pelt Library T14.5 .B494 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bhaskar, Michael, author.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Technological innovations.
Problem solving.
Idea (Philosophy).
Physical Description:
420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Summary:
"Why has the flow of big, world-changing ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Big Ideas Today
1. How Big Ideas Work
2. The Breakthrough Problem
3. The Diminishing Revolution
4. The Art and Science of Everything
Interlude: Enlightenment Then
pt. II Big Ideas Tomorrow
5. The Idea Paradox
6. The Stagnant Society
7. The World's New Toolkit
8. The Great Convergence
9. The Uncertain Horizon.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9780262046381
0262046385
9780262545105
0262545101
OCLC:
1268544330
Publisher Number:
99990178236

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