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Why most things fail: evolution, extinction, and economics
Abstract
Preface to the Paperback Edition.Preface to the First Edition.Introduction.1 Edwardian Explosion.2 A Formula for Failure.3 Up a Bit, Then Down a Bit.4 Making Sense of Segregation.5 Playing by the Rules.6 A Game of Chess.7 The Best-Laid Schemes ...8 Doves and Hawks.9 Patterns in the Dark.10 Powers that Be.11 Take Your Pick?12 Resolving the Dilemma.13 Why Things Fail.14 What Is to Be Done?Suggestions for Further Reading.Index.
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Metadata
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2006-07-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 43-6656-43-6656
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1566019957
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- 187
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- Type
- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
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