Nature's magic : synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind / Peter A. Corning.
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TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 454 pages)Content type: - text
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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?
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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.
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