The Infinite Alphabet
And the Laws of Knowledge
$26.62
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2027
Summary
A world-leading scholar reveals how knowledge spreads, grows (and shrinks), becomes valuable, and drives economic and technical progress.
We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern its motion. The Infinite Alphabet unravels the laws describing the growth and diffusion of knowledge by taking you from a failed attempt to build a city of knowledge in Ecuador to the growth of China’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781802063776 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1802063773 |
| Author: | César A. Hidalgo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Understanding how an economy grows requires an understanding of all the rich, kaleidoscopic detail of the varied jobs people do and the products and services created. In The Infinite Alphabet Cesar Hidalgo does ample justice to the task of describing the vibrant economies we live in - and suggesting how they might evolve in future – Diane Coyle, author of The Measure of Progress
César Hidalgo sets out to explain how it is knowledge – how it is developed, how it is managed and forgotten – that makes the difference between success and failure … uses case studies of businesses and countries in making effective use of knowledge to drive economic success … I felt Hidalgo was revealing to me a new reality – Brian Clegg * Popular Science *
César A. Hidalgo
Cesar A. Hidalgo is a physicist, professor, and author known for pioneering work in economic complexity, data visualization, and applied artificial intelligence. For nine years, he led MIT’s Collective Learning Group before moving to France to found the Center for Collective Learning (CCL), an international research laboratory with offices at the Toulouse School of Economics and Corvinus University of Budapest.
He is the author of:
- Why Information Grows (Allen Lane, 2015)
- The Atlas of Economic Complexity (MIT, 2014)
- How Humans Judge Machines (MIT, 2021)
In 2018, he was the sole recipient of the Lagrange Prize, recognizing excellence and innovation in the study of complex systems. Hidalgo has authored more than sixty peer-reviewed publications that have been cited by tens of thousands of studies. His TED talk on augmented democracy has been viewed over two million times.
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