Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 326 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0231150709
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0231521685
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1281747610
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9780231150705
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9780231521680
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9781281747617
Inhalt:
Raymond L. Neubauer presents a view of nature that describes rising complexity in life in terms of increasing information content, first in genes and then in brains. The evolution of the nervous system expanded the capacity to store information with relatively open-ended programs, making learning possible. Portraying four species with high brain-to-body ratios & mdashchimpanzees, elephants, ravens, and dolphins & mdashNeubauer shows how each shares with humans the capability for complex communication, social relationships, flexible behavior, tool use, and powers of abstraction. He describes t
Inhalt:
The immune system: a parable -- Voyages into homeostasis -- Information content -- What is a big brain good for? -- A constellation of qualities -- The evolution of personality -- Concepts as feature extraction -- The brain and belief -- Energy flows -- The origin of life -- The prospects for habitable worlds -- The apex of nature
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780231150705
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0231150709
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Neubauer, Raymond L., 1942- Evolution and the emergent self New York : Columbia University Press, 2012
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Englisch
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