Development - Mechanisms of Change (Paperback)

This volume collects essays from prominent intellectuals and public figures based on talks given at the 2015 Darwin College Lectures on the theme of 'development'. The writers are world-renowned experts in such diverse fields as architecture, astronomy, biology, climate science, economy, psychology, sports and technology. Development includes contributions from developmental biologist and Nobel laureate John B. Gurdon, Olympic gold medallist Katherine Grainger, astronomer and cosmologist Richard Ellis, developmental psychologist Bruce Hood, former Met Office Chief Scientist Julia Slingo, architect Michael Pawlyn, development economist Ha-Joon Chang and serial entrepreneur Hermann Hauser. While their perspectives and interpretations of development vary widely, their essays are linked by a common desire to describe and understand how things change, usually in the direction of ever-increasing complexity. Written with the lay reader in mind, this interdisciplinary book is a must-read for anybody interested in the mechanisms underlying the changes we see in the world around us.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Darwin College Lectures
Release date:	December 2018
Editors:	Torsten Krude • Sara T. Baker
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-44737-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Developmental biology Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development > Human growth & development > General
LSN:	1-108-44737-6
Barcode:	9781108447379

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