Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution

by Peter A. Corning

Book Overview

In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis--a theory of complexity in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226116166
• ISBN13: 9780226116167
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"