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BL
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Record Number
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963973
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b718343
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Main Entry
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Skyrms, Brian.
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Title & Author
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Signals : : evolution, learning, information /\ Brian Skyrms.
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Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010.
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199 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 22 cm
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ISBN
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0199580820
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: 0199582947
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: 9780199580828
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: 9780199582945
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.
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Contents
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Signals -- Signals in nature -- Information -- Evolution -- Evolution in Lewis Signaling Games -- Deception -- Learning -- Learning in Lewis Signaling Games -- Generalizing signaling games : synonyms, bottlenecks, category formation -- Inventing new signals -- Networks I : logic and information processing -- Complex signals and compositionality -- Networks II : teamwork -- Learning to network.
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Abstract
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Brian Skyrms offers a demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to examine how meaning & communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders & receivers at all levels of life, transmitting & processing information. That is how humans & animals think & interact.
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Communication.
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Semiotics.
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Signs and symbols.
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08.35 philosophy of science.
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Communication.
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Communication.
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Kommunikation
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Semiotics.
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Semiotics.
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Signalisierung
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Signs and symbols.
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Signs and symbols.
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Symbol
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Zeichen
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Kommunikation.
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Signalisierung.
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Symbol.
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Zeichen.
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Applied psychology.
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Interpersonal communication.
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Semiotics.
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Dewey Classification
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302.2
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LC Classification
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P99.S549 2010
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NLM classification
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08.35bcl
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CC 5200rvk
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ER 735rvk
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LIN 025fstub
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MR 6000rvk
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SOZ 200fstub
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