ISBN 13 : 978-0-06-145206-2

Contents :
Prologue : when ideas have sex

A better today : the unprecedented present
The collective brain : exchange and specialisation after 200,000 years ago
The manufacture of virtue : barter, trust, and rules after 50,000 years ago
The feeding of the nine billion : farming after 10,000 years ago
The triumph of cities : trade after 5,000 years ago
Escaping Malthus's trap : population after 1200
The release of slaves : energy after 1700
The invention of invention : increasing returns after 1800
Turning points : pessimism after 1900
The two great pessimisms of today : Africa and climate after 2010
The catallaxy : rational optimism about 2100.

Language : English

Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque