Synergistic Selection: How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution and the Rise of Humankind
| AUTHOR | Corning, Peter A.; Corning, Peter A.; Peter Corning et al. |
| PUBLISHER | World Scientific Publishing Company (01/08/2018) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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'Nothing about the evolution of biological complexity makes sense except in the light of synergy.' Peter Corning's new book is being hailed as a major contribution to what is perhaps the greatest shift in our understanding of evolution since The Origin of Species. It's a tour de force that takes us on a synergy-guided tour of the history of life. As Corning puts it, 'life on Earth has been a synergistic phenomenon from the get go.' Corning also shows how synergy has been a key to human evolution, including the rise of complex modern societies. 'Cooperation may have been the vehicle, but synergy was the driver.' As we now face a tipping point and another major transition in evolution, Corning offers us a synergy-based road-map to the future. 'One of the great take-home lessons from the epic of evolution is that cooperation produces synergy, and synergy is the way forward. The arc of evolution bends toward synergy.'Related Link(s)
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ISBN-13:
9789813230934
ISBN-10:
9813230932
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
304
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 0.80 x 9.10 inches
Weight:
1.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index
Country of Origin:
SG
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
Science | Life Sciences - Developmental Biology
Dewey Decimal:
576.8
Library of Congress Control Number:
2017038819
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'Nothing about the evolution of biological complexity makes sense except in the light of synergy.' Peter Corning's new book is being hailed as a major contribution to what is perhaps the greatest shift in our understanding of evolution since The Origin of Species. It's a tour de force that takes us on a synergy-guided tour of the history of life. As Corning puts it, 'life on Earth has been a synergistic phenomenon from the get go.' Corning also shows how synergy has been a key to human evolution, including the rise of complex modern societies. 'Cooperation may have been the vehicle, but synergy was the driver.' As we now face a tipping point and another major transition in evolution, Corning offers us a synergy-based road-map to the future. 'One of the great take-home lessons from the epic of evolution is that cooperation produces synergy, and synergy is the way forward. The arc of evolution bends toward synergy.'Related Link(s)
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