Nature's Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind

Corning Peter A

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ISBN 10: 0521825474 ISBN 13: 9780521825474

Published by University Of Cambridge, Cambridge. Mass, 2003

Language: English

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Nature's Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind

Publisher

University Of Cambridge, Cambridge. Mass

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521825474

ISBN 13

9780521825474

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Hard Cover

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First Edition.

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As New

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In Nature's Magic Peter Corning states that 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 cooperation and complexity at all levels, from physics and chemistry to the latest human technologies. The 'Synergism Hypothesis' asserts that synergy is more than a class of interesting and ubiquitous effects. It has also been a major causal agency in evolution; it represents a unifying explanation for biological complexity and represents a different perspective on the evolutionary process. In contrast to gene-centered theories, or postulates of self-organization and emergent 'laws' of complexity, the Synergism Hypothesis represents, in essence, an 'economic' (or bio-economic) theory of complexity. Peter A. Corning, Ph.D., is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems in Palo Alto, California. He has published numerous research papers and articles and three previous books, one of which was a theoretical monograph on the role of synergy in evolution, The Synergism Hypothesis: A Theory of Progressive Evolution (McGraw-Hill, 1983).

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Peter A. Corning, Ph.D., taught at Stanford University for many years and is now the Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems in Palo Alto, California. He has published more than 150 research papers and articles and three previous books, one of which was a theoretical monograph on the role of synergy in evolution.

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