The gifts of Athena : historical origins of the knowledge economy /

The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its...

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Main Author: Mokyr, Joel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
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