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Nature's magic : synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /

In Nature's Magic, Peter Corning describes how synergy - a vaguely familiar term to many of us - has been a wellspring of creativity in the natural world and has played a key role in the evolution of co-operation and complexity, from physics and chemistry to the latest human technologies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corning, Peter A., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: the new evolutionary paradigm
  • The enchanted loom
  • The magic castle
  • Black magic
  • The synergism hypothesis
  • The sorcerer's apprentice
  • Conjuring human evolution: the synergistic ape
  • Conjuring history: does cultural evolution have an arrow?
  • The science of history
  • Conjuring the future: what can we predict?