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Nature's magic : = synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Nature's magic :/ Peter A. Corning.
Reminder of title:	synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /
Author:	Corning, Peter A.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 454 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Evolution (Biology) -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546426
ISBN:	9780511546426 (ebook)

Nature's magic : = synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /
Corning, Peter A.,1935-

Nature's magic :synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind /Peter A. Corning. - 1 online resource (ix, 454 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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?

Nature's Magic, first published in 2003, presents a bold vision of the evolutionary process from the Big Bang to the 21st century. Synergy of various kinds is not only a ubiquitous aspect of the natural world but it has also been a wellspring of creativity and the 'driver' of the broad evolutionary trend toward increased complexity, in nature and human societies alike. But in contrast with the many theories of emergence or complexity that rely on some underlying force or 'law', the 'Synergism Hypothesis', as Peter Corning calls it, is in essence an economic theory of biological complexity; it is fully consistent with mainstream evolutionary biology. Corning refers to it as Holistic Darwinism. Among the many important insights that are provided by this new paradigm, Corning presents a scenario in which the human species invented itself; synergistic, behavioral and technological innovations were the 'pacemakers' of our biological evolution. Synergy has also been the key to the evolution of complex modern societies, he concludes.

ISBN: 9780511546426 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

575821
Evolution (Biology)

LC Class. No.: QH366.2 / .C73 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 576.8

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