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The fractal self : science, philosophy, and the evolution of human cooperation /

Our universe, science reveals, began in utter simplicity, then evolved into burgeoning complexity. Starting with subatomic particles, dissimilar entities formed associations--binding, bonding, growing, branching, catalyzing, cooperating--as "self" joined "other" following univers...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Culliney, John L., 1942- (Autor), Jones, David Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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