Critical Mass

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Exploring societal dynamics through physics principles.

If you're fascinated by the intersection of human behavior and science, "Critical Mass" is a riveting journey that you won't want to miss. Philip Ball masterfully bridges disciplines to craft a narrative that's as enlightening as it is accessible, offering insights into our collective actions and the underlying patterns that guide them. This book might change the way you perceive the world and our role in it, blending the meticulousness of scientific inquiry with the complexity of social interactions.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (2005)
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Critical Mass

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ISBN: 9780099457862
Authors: Philip Ball
Publisher: Arrow Books
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, History
Goodreads rating: 3.89
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Is there a 'physics of society'? Ranging from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, and across economics, sociology and psychology, Philip Ball shows how much we can understand of human behaviour when we cease to try to predict and analyse the behaviour of individuals and look to the impact of hundreds, thousands or millions of individual human decisions, whether in circumstances in which human beings co-operate or conflict, when their aggregate behaviour is constructive and when it is destructive. By perhaps Britain's leading young science writer, this is a deeply thought-provoking book, causing us to examine our own behaviour, whether in buying the new "Harry Potter" book, voting for a particular party or responding to the lures of advertisers.
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Exploring societal dynamics through physics principles.

If you're fascinated by the intersection of human behavior and science, "Critical Mass" is a riveting journey that you won't want to miss. Philip Ball masterfully bridges disciplines to craft a narrative that's as enlightening as it is accessible, offering insights into our collective actions and the underlying patterns that guide them. This book might change the way you perceive the world and our role in it, blending the meticulousness of scientific inquiry with the complexity of social interactions.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.