Nonzero : the logic of human destiny / Robert Wright.
Nonzero : the logic of human destiny / Robert Wright.
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New York : Pantheon Books, c2000.
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N303.4/60
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English
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Physical content
x, 435 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Storm Before the Calm -- Pt. I. A Brief History of Humankind. 1. The Ladder of Cultural Evolution. 2. The Way We Were. 3. Add Technology and Bake for Five Millennia. 4. The Invisible Brain. 5. War: What Is It Good For? 6. The Inevitability of Agriculture. 7. The Age of Chiefdoms. 8...
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Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, c2000.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"At the beginning of Nonzero, Robert Wright sets out to "define the arrow of the history of life, from the primordial soup to the World Wide Web." Twenty-two chapters later, after a sweeping and vivid narrative of the human past, he has succeeded - and has mounted a powerful challenge to the conventional view that evolution and human history are ai...
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Nonzero : the logic of human destiny / Robert Wright.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-418) and index.
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c2000.
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N303.4/60
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74Vvg6EkryGA
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ISBN
0679442529
9780679442523
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303.4
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991012209799702626
