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1028807
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b783177
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| Main Entry
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Corning, Peter A.,1935-
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| Title & Author
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Nature's magic : : synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /\ Peter A. Corning.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (ix, 454 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511075596
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: 0511077130
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: 0511078706
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: 0511170432
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: 9780511075599
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: 9780511077135
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: 9780511078705
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: 9780511170430
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0521825474
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-429).
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Evolution (Biology)
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Human evolution.
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Biology.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution.
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Health Biological Sciences.
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Human evolution.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.
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Complexiteit.
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Evolutie.
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Mensen.
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| Dewey Classification
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576.8
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QH366.2.C73 2003eb
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42.21bcl
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70.08bcl
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