Supercooperators
Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed
$55.68
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2012
Summary
“Exactly the message we need to counter the mythology of the ‘rugged individual’” (Bill Moyers, Progressive Reader).
Martin Nowak, one of the world’s experts on evolution and game theory, working here with bestselling science writer Roger Highfield, turns an important aspect of evolutionary theory on its head to explain why cooperation, not competition, has always been the key to the evolution of complexity.
In his first book written for a wide audience, this hugely influentia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451626636 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1451626630 |
| Author: | Martin Nowak, Dr Roger Highfield |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 141mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
”[Nowak’s] willingness to argue for group selection, a theory suggesting that evolution operates beyond the genetic level, reawakens old controversies - but he does so using innovative mathematical models, able to incorporate dynamism and uncertainty… Like other great controversialists, Mr. Nowak moves from decision matrices to emotive moral language…all politicians can draw inspiration and ideas from the intellectual resources of this exciting approach.” -Financial Times
About The Author
Martin Nowak
Martin A. Nowak is a professor of biology and mathematics at Harvard University and director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. He established the first center in Theoretical Biology at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Roger Highfield is the editor of New Scientist magazine. He has written or coauthored six popular science books, two of which have been bestsellers.
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