The Benefits of Imperfection
Biology, Society, and Beyond
$269.66
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2024
Summary
The cult of performance leads our society to emphasise the values of success and continuous optimisation in all areas. Slowness, redundancy and randomness are therefore negatively perceived. Olivier Hamant, in his book, reclaims them by his knowledge of biological processes.
What can we learn from life sciences? While some biological mechanisms certainly boast formidable efficiency, recent advances instead highlight the fundamental role of errors, incoherence or slowness in the robust…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032832203 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032832207 |
| Author: | Olivier Hamant |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | CRC Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 256mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
Olivier Hamant
Olivier Hamant is a researcher at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INRAE) at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. As an interdisciplinary biologist, he has published approximately 100 scientific articles, notably on the development of plants and their ability to perceive their own shape. He also heads the Michel Serres Institute and is involved in training programmes on the new relationship between humanity and nature. As an independent author, he published La Troisième Voie du Vivant (Odile Jacob, 2022) / The Benefits of Imperfection (CRC Press, 2025), Antidote to the Cult of Performance (Gallimard, 2023) and De l’Incohérence (Odile Jacob, 2024, untranslated).
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