Joseph tainter (198 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condición: Good. 2012 ed. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Book in Very Good condition.

Condición: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condición: Good. 2012th Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Paperback. Condición: Acceptable. Ex-library with usual stamps and marking. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Pictured wraps, pp 367-498 + 4 pp advertisements, maps, plan maps, tables, footnotes. Spine age-faded/darkened, owner name front wrap. Shelf 34. 4/26.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: very_good.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Gen Tech Rept RM- 184, 214 pp., Illus, Brn Illus Paperback, 4to, Fine.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good reading copy. Binding is sound and tight, with no marginal notes. Pea-sized bit of adhesive residue on the front cover, and with some highlighting in yellow on just thirty-three of the books four hundred and fifty-nine pages (in a single chapter). Ships from NC. All books are sealed in plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (J-8.).…

PAPERBACK. First edition. 214pp b/w illustrations quarto paperback. General Technical Report RM 164. cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

PAPERBACK. First edition. 214pp b/w illustrations quarto paperback. General Technical Report RM 164. ink numbers front cover, cover wear otherwise very good-.

Condición: New.

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1996. North America, Native Americans. Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 284p., very good boards.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. Very Good: pen marks on 5 pages within pp 109-115, else straight and unmarked; light soil near spine front, else very clean. Large trade paperback, 4to, 8.5x11", iii, 214 pp. pp.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Paper Back. Condición: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st. 480pp.; SC lt.brwn.w/blk.-pic.cover; some rub w/sun&soil on spine; clean,tight pgs. " .the research designs for the Farmington area evoved from an initial concern with how Puebloans used hinterland areas. " illus.

Paperback. Condición: New. 2012 ed. For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.…

Condición: New.

Hardback. Condición: New.