The Resource SuperCooperators : altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed, Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield
SuperCooperators : altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed, Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield
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- Summary
- Looks at the importance of cooperation in human beings and in nature, arguing that this social tool is as important an aspect of evolution as mutation and natural selection
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Extent
- xix, 330 p.
- Contents
-
- The struggle
- The prisoner's dilemma
- Five ways to solve the dilemma. Direct reciprocity : tit for tat ; Indirect reciprocity : power of reputation ; Spatial games : chessboard of life ; Group selection : tribal wars ; Kin selection : nepotism
- Feats of cooperation. Prelife ; Society of cells ; The lord of the ants
- From cooperators to supercooperators. Gift of the gab ; Public goods ; Punish and perish ; How many friends are too many? ; Game, set, and match ; Crescendo of cooperation
- Isbn
- 9781439100189
- Label
- SuperCooperators : altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed
- Title
- SuperCooperators
- Title remainder
- altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Looks at the importance of cooperation in human beings and in nature, arguing that this social tool is as important an aspect of evolution as mutation and natural selection
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nowak, M. A.
- Dewey number
- 519.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA269
- LC item number
- .N687 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Highfield, Roger
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Game theory
- Evolution (Biology)
- Cooperative societies
- Label
- SuperCooperators : altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed, Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and index
- Contents
- The struggle -- The prisoner's dilemma -- Five ways to solve the dilemma. Direct reciprocity : tit for tat ; Indirect reciprocity : power of reputation ; Spatial games : chessboard of life ; Group selection : tribal wars ; Kin selection : nepotism -- Feats of cooperation. Prelife ; Society of cells ; The lord of the ants -- From cooperators to supercooperators. Gift of the gab ; Public goods ; Punish and perish ; How many friends are too many? ; Game, set, and match ; Crescendo of cooperation
- Control code
- ocn464593299
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Extent
- xix, 330 p.
- Isbn
- 9781439100189
- Lccn
- 2010035517
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781439100189
- (OCoLC)464593299
- Label
- SuperCooperators : altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed, Martin A. Nowak with Roger Highfield
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and index
- Contents
- The struggle -- The prisoner's dilemma -- Five ways to solve the dilemma. Direct reciprocity : tit for tat ; Indirect reciprocity : power of reputation ; Spatial games : chessboard of life ; Group selection : tribal wars ; Kin selection : nepotism -- Feats of cooperation. Prelife ; Society of cells ; The lord of the ants -- From cooperators to supercooperators. Gift of the gab ; Public goods ; Punish and perish ; How many friends are too many? ; Game, set, and match ; Crescendo of cooperation
- Control code
- ocn464593299
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Extent
- xix, 330 p.
- Isbn
- 9781439100189
- Lccn
- 2010035517
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781439100189
- (OCoLC)464593299
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