Major transitions in 'big' history

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1137-1163

  Aunger, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Evolution; Macro history; Organisation; Technology; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; MODERNIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; MACRO-HISTORY; SOCIAL PROCESS;

HISTORY;

STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548335244     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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