The Ingenuity Gap: How Can We Solve the Problems of the Future?
by Homer-Dixon, Thomas
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375401865
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401862
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 2000., 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, fine inlightly edgeworn dj. First Edition. Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable World, Homer-Dixon makes clear the extent to which we live with, construct, and depend upon systems we little understand-systems of law, of the market, of institutions, of technologies; biological and ecological systems that were already intricate and unpredictable before human impact'
Synopsis
The Ingenuity Gap is a non-fiction book by Canadian academic Thomas Homer-Dixon. It was written over the course of eight years from 1992 to 2000 when it was published by Knopf. The book argues that the nature of problems faced by our society are becoming more complex and that our ability to implement solutions is not keeping pace. Homer-Dixon focuses upon complexities, unexpected non-linear results, and emergent properties.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3898
- Title
- The Ingenuity Gap: How Can We Solve the Problems of the Future?
- Author
- Homer-Dixon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375401865
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401862
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 2000.
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2000
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