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24%OFFRobert Wright - Nonzero: History, Evolution & Human Cooperation - 9780349113340 - V9780349113340
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Nonzero: History, Evolution & Human Cooperation

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Description for Nonzero: History, Evolution & Human Cooperation Paperback. *A controversial but optimistic book about humanity's increasing co-operation and our technological future Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PBUD; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
In a book sure to stir argument for years to come, Robert Wright challen+ges the conventional view that biological evolution and human history are aimless. Ingeniously employing game theory - the logic of 'zero-sum' and 'non-zero-sum' games - Wright isolates the impetus behind life's basic direction: the impetus that, via biological evolution, created complex, intelligent animals, and then via cultural evolution, pushed the human species towards deeper and vaster social complexity. In this view, the coming of today's independent global society was 'in the cards' - not quite inevitable, but, as Wright puts it, 'so probable as to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
312g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349113340
SKU
V9780349113340
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About Robert Wright
Robert Wright has written extensively for THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, THE NEW YORKER and TIME magazine, and currently works as a senior editor at THE NEW REPUBLIC.

Reviews for Nonzero: History, Evolution & Human Cooperation
The author's learning is lightly worn. Sometimes too lightly. After a while his chatty, hey-let's-have-a-beer style starts to grate: When was the last time you invented a boomerang? ; Ah, Tahiti! . There are also some minor errors, like his claiming tha
Sean Thomas, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
One of the main layman's objections to the supposedly random ... Read more

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