Work Meets Life
Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, 2011
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8vo. 249 pp. with typed autographed letter and book signed by the authors, as new in original paper covered boards, light bump corners, very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- Work Meets Life
- Author
- Levin, R.,Laughlin, S. De La Rocha, C., Blackwell, A (eds)
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- The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London
- Publication year
- 2011
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- Very Good
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- Hard Cover
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- 0262014122
- ISBN 13
- 9780262014120
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Work as fundamental to life, explored at different levels of organization from the perspectives of a variety of biological and nonbiological disciplines.
The work performed by living systems ranges from photosynthesis to prodigious feats of computation and organization. This multidisciplinary volume explores the relationships between work and the study of work across many different levels of organization. By addressing how work gets done, and why, from the perspectives of a range of disciplines, including cell and evolutionary biology, neuroscience, psychology, electrical and computer engineering, and design, the volume sets out to establish an integrative approach to the study of work.Chapters introduce the biological work of producing energy in the cell; establish inherent tradeoffs between energy and information in neural systems; relate principles of integrated circuit manufacture to work in biological systems; explore the work of photosynthesis; investigate how work shapes organisms' evolutionary niches; consider the human work of design; describe the effects of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction on work-life balance; and address the effects of environmental challenges (stress) on how humans and animals do work. Finally, editors and contributors draw these studies together and point to future developments.
Contributors
Alan Blackwell, Gillian Brown, Christina De La Rocha, Kevin Laland, Simon Laughlin, Robert Levin, Michael Lightner, Steven Maier, Joseph Rosse, Stacy Saturay
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About the Author
Simon Laughlin is Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge; a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge; and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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