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This Element develops an innovative combinatorial model of technological change and tests it with 2,000 years of data from global GDP data and US patents, thus generating the observed historical pattern of technological change. This Element models the Industrial Revolution as a combinatorial explosion.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Competing explanations of technology; 3. The theory of combinatorial evolution; 4. Our model; 5. Our Tri-data result; 6. Niche theory; 7. Homo tinkerus; 8. Entrepreneurship and innovation; 9. CODA; Appendix; References.

Explaining Technology

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    A Paperback by Abigail Devereaux, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Abigail Devereaux

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781009386258, 978-1009386258
      ISBN10: 1009386255
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      Business, Finance & Law Business innovation Economic growth Science & Nature Industrial applications of scientific research

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element develops an innovative combinatorial model of technological change and tests it with 2,000 years of data from global GDP data and US patents, thus generating the observed historical pattern of technological change. This Element models the Industrial Revolution as a combinatorial explosion.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Competing explanations of technology; 3. The theory of combinatorial evolution; 4. Our model; 5. Our Tri-data result; 6. Niche theory; 7. Homo tinkerus; 8. Entrepreneurship and innovation; 9. CODA; Appendix; References.

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