Mood Matters (Record no. 111651)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783642048357
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-642-04835-7
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HB71-74
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Subject category code K
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 330
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Casti, John L.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mood Matters
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title From Rising Skirt Lengths to the Collapse of World Powers /
Statement of responsibility, etc by John L. Casti.
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-- Berlin, Heidelberg :
-- Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
-- 2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XVI, 210 p. 37 illus., 7 illus. in color.
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The UnConventional Wisdom -- Why “Stuff” Happens -- Why Hits Happen -- Why wars, Economic Cycles, and Political Crises Happen -- Why Great Powers Come and Go -- Getting It Together -- Appendices.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Mood Matters" makes the radical assertion that all social events ranging from fashions in music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by the attitudes a society holds toward the future. When the "social mood" is positive and people look forward to the future, events of an entirely different character tend to occur than when society is pessimistic. The book presents many examples from every walk of life in support of this argument. In addition, methods are given to actually measure the social mood and to project it into the future in order to forecast what’s likely or not over varying periods of time. Casti's writing is a pleasure to read and its contents an eye-opener. "They [the chapters] tell an engrossing story, and the mystery heightens as it goes. . . . it's chatty and knowing." Greg Benford, Physicist and science-fiction writer, author of "Timescape" and "Deep Time" "I am struck by how thought-provoking it all is. I am sure that your book will draw a lot of attention" Tor Norretranders, Science writer, author of "The Generous Man" and "The User Illusion".
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science (General).
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics/Management Science.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics/Management Science, general.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science, general.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783642048340
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04835-7
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