Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998)
Autor/a de The Ultimate Resource 2
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- Altres noms
- Simon, Julian L.
- Data de naixement
- 1932-02-12
- Data de defunció
- 1998-02-08
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
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- Obres
- 25
- També de
- 1
- Membres
- 443
- Popularitat
- #55,291
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 67
- Llengües
- 1
I first ran across Simon after I read a long article about the famous bet back in the early eighties. (http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/magazine/betting-on-the-planet.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm) Essentially a battle between two schools of thought, the Malthusians v. the Cornucopians, the bet enlivened the debate between two ways of looking at the world.
I was reminded of this book recently when I read Penn Jillette's homage to books and reading http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/books/review/penn-jillette-by-the-book.html?pa... in which he cites Simon's book as being important to changing his perspective.
I note there is a soon-to-be-released book about the famous bet in which the author takes a different tack. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/books/review/penn-jillette-by-the-book.html?pa... I would quibble with his rather broad statement that it was the bet that created the gulf between economists and environmentalists, but I look forward to getting a copy of his book for my kindle when it's released in early September.
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