Title Nature's magic : synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind / Peter A. Corning.

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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 454 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-429).
Contents	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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Summary	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.
Subject	Evolution (Biology)
	Human evolution.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
	Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
	Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
	Evolutie.
	Mensen.
	Complexiteit.
Other Form:	Print version: Corning, Peter A., 1935- Nature's magic. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521825474 (DLC) 2002031552 (OCoLC)50606447
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