The Essential Tension | Competition, Cooperation and Multilevel Selection in Evolution

Sonya Bahar

ISBN 10: 9402414770 / ISBN 13: 9789402414776

Published by Springer, 2018

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The Essential Tension | Competition, Cooperation and Multilevel Selection in Evolution | Sonya Bahar | Taschenbuch | The Frontiers Collection | xiv | Englisch | 2018 | Springer | EAN 9789402414776 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Tension | Competition, Cooperation and Multilevel Selection in Evolution
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9402414770
• ISBN 13: 9789402414776
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 22D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 593 grams
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Synopsis

Written in an engaging style, suitable for an interdisciplinary audience

Discusses the emergence of a collective unit from a group of individual competitive components

Proposes a new and controversial mechanism for evolutionary processes

Offers an overview of the recent developments in the study of collective behaviour

About the Author

Sonya Bahar is Professor of Biophysics and Director of the Center for Neurodynamics at the University of Missouri at St Louis. She is an expert in evolutionary dynamics and neural synchronization. She is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.