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Tag Tag Origins of war

Works

Geoffrey Blainey · 1973

The Causes of War

A historical study of why nations go to war, emphasising conflicting assessments of power and the conditions that make peace possible.

On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B

An examination of how reward systems encourage unintended behaviour when organisations reward measurable actions rather than the outcomes they seek.

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Marie Curie

Physicist and chemist · 1867-1934

Pioneering researcher on radioactivity who discovered polonium and radium and won two Nobel Prizes.