Quarks to Culture: How We Came to Be

by Tyler Volk

Our world is nested, both physically and socially, and at each level we find innovations that are necessary for the next. Consider: atoms combine to form molecules, molecules combine to form single-celled organisms; when people come together, they build societies. Physics has gone far in mapping the basic mechanics of the simplest things and the dynamics of the overall nesting, as have biology and the social sciences for their fields. But what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023117960X
• ISBN13: 9780231179607
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"