TY - BOOK AU - Corning,Peter A. TI - Nature's magic: synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind SN - 0511078706 AV - QH366.2 .C73 2003eb U1 - 576.8 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Human evolution KW - Homme KW - Évolution KW - SCIENCE KW - Life Sciences KW - Evolution KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Evolutie KW - gtt KW - Mensen KW - Complexiteit KW - hilcc KW - Biology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-429); 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? N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125140 ER -