MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
02270nam a2200205Ia 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
130723s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9781847673374 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
302 NOW |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Nowak, Martin A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
Super cooperators : |
| Remainder of title |
evolution, altruism and human behaviour or Why we need each other to succeed / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Martin Nowak ; with Roger Highfield. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
|---|
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Edinburgh : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Canongate, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xix, 330 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc |
"Everyone is familiar with Darwin's revolutionary idea about the survival of the fittest, and most people agree that it works, but Darwin's famous theory has one major chink. If life is about survival of the fittest, why would we risk our lives to jump into a river to save a stranger? Some people argue that issues such as charity, fairness, forgiveness and cooperation are evolutionary loose ends, side issues of little consequence. But as Harvard's celebrated evolutionary biologist Martin Nowak explains in this ground-breaking book, cooperation is central to the four-billion-year-old puzzle of life. Cooperation is fundamental to how molecules in the primordial soup cross the watershed, which separates dead chemistry from biochemistry. Cooperation is the key to understanding why language evolved, an event as significant as the evolution of the first primitive organism. The book also brings to light Nowak's game-changing work on disease. Cancer is fundamentally a failure of the body's cells to cooperate. Still, organs are cleverly designed to foster cooperation, and, as Nowak explains, this new understanding can be used in novel cancer treatments. In his first book for a wide audience, this hugely influential scientist explains his cutting-edge research into the mysteries of cooperation, from the rise of multicellular life to Good Samaritans. With wit and clarity, Martin Nowak and the bestselling science writer Roger Highfield make the case that cooperation, not competition, is the defining human trait."--Publisher's description |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE |
|---|
| Additional physical form available note |
165/2011-12 |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
|---|
| Language note |
English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Game theory. Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models. Cooperative societies. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Highfield, Roger. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
|---|
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
