SuperCooperators - Rilegato

Nowak, Martin; Highfield, Roger

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1847673368 ISBN 13: 9781847673367

Casa editrice: Canongate Books, 2011

Riassunto

Everyone is familiar with Darwin's revolutionary idea about the survival of the fittest, and most people agree that it works, but Darwin's famous theory has one major chink. If life is about survival of the fittest, then why would we risk our own life to jump into a river to save a stranger? Some people argue that issues such as charity, fairness, forgiveness and cooperation are evolutionary loose ends, side issues that are of little consequence. But as Harvard's celebrated evolutionary biologist Martin Nowak explains in this ground-breaking book, cooperation is central to the four-billion-year-old puzzle of life. In his first book for a wide audience, this hugely influential scientist explains his cutting-edge research into the mysteries of cooperation, from the rise of multicellular life to Good Samaritans. With wit and clarity, Martin Nowak and the bestselling science writer Roger Highfield make the case that cooperation, not competition, is the defining human trait. Supercooperators will expand our understanding of evolution and human behaviour, and provoke debate for years to come.

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Product Description

Alcuni sostengono che temi quali la carità, giustizia, perdono e cooperazione sono evolutivo sospeso laterale, le questioni di poco seguito. ma come harvard del celebre biologo evolutivo Martin nowak spiega in questo libro rivoluzionario, la cooperazione è fondamentale per la four-billion-year-old puzzle della vita.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Canongate Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1847673368
• ISBN 13: 9781847673367
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile