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Critical mass : how one thing leads to another : being an enquiry into the interplay of chance and necessity in the way that human culture, customs, institutions, cooperation and conflict arise

Ball, Philip, 1962-2005
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Philip Ball explores the age-old question: are there any 'laws of nature' that guide human affairs? Is there anything inevitable about the ways humans behave and organize themselves? Have we complete freedom in creating our societies or are we trapped by'human nature'?.
Main title:
Critical mass : how one thing leads to another : being an enquiry into the interplay of chance and necessity in the way that human culture, customs, institutions, cooperation and conflict arise / Philip Ball.
Author:
Ball, Philip, 1962-
Imprint:
London : Arrow, 2005.
Collation:
xii, 644 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 2004.Includes index.Bibliography: p. 615-633.
ISBN:
00994578659780099457862
Dewey class:
501501501
Language:
English
Subject:
Science -- PhilosophyNatural lawHuman behaviorSociology -- Philosophy
BRN:
112584
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