Book
The third culture / by John Brockman.
Record details
- ISBN: 0684823446 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780684823447 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 413 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st Touchstone ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1996, c1995.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-397) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- A package of information / George C. Williams -- The pattern of life's history / Stephen Jay Gould -- A survival machine / Richard Dawkins -- Biology is just a dance / Brian Goodwin -- Why is there so much genetic diversity? / Steve Jones -- A battle of words / Niles Eldredge -- Gaia is a tough bitch / Lynn Margulis -- Smart machines / Marvin Minsky -- Information is surprises / Roger Schank -- Intuition pumps / Daniel C. Dennett -- The thick moment / Nicholas Humphrey -- The emergent self / Francisco Varela -- Language is a human instinct / Steven Pinker --Consciousness involves noncomputable ingredients / Roger Penrose -- An ensemble of universes / Martin Rees -- A universe in your backyard / Alan Guth -- A theory of the whole universe / Lee Smolin -- The synthetic path / Paul Davies -- Plectices / Murray Gell-Mann -- Order for free / Stuart Kauffman -- A dynamical pattern / Christopher G. Langton -- The second law of organization / J. Doyne Farmer -- Close to the singularity / W. Daniel Hillis.
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe third culture / ‡cby John Brockman. |
| 250 | . | ‡a1st Touchstone ed. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bSimon & Schuster, ‡c1996, c1995. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a413 p. ; ‡c22 cm. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [389]-397) and index. | |
| 505 | 1 | . | ‡aA package of information / George C. Williams -- The pattern of life's history / Stephen Jay Gould -- A survival machine / Richard Dawkins -- Biology is just a dance / Brian Goodwin -- Why is there so much genetic diversity? / Steve Jones -- A battle of words / Niles Eldredge -- Gaia is a tough bitch / Lynn Margulis -- Smart machines / Marvin Minsky -- Information is surprises / Roger Schank -- Intuition pumps / Daniel C. Dennett -- The thick moment / Nicholas Humphrey -- The emergent self / Francisco Varela -- Language is a human instinct / Steven Pinker -- |
| 505 | 1 | . | ‡aConsciousness involves noncomputable ingredients / Roger Penrose -- An ensemble of universes / Martin Rees -- A universe in your backyard / Alan Guth -- A theory of the whole universe / Lee Smolin -- The synthetic path / Paul Davies -- Plectices / Murray Gell-Mann -- Order for free / Stuart Kauffman -- A dynamical pattern / Christopher G. Langton -- The second law of organization / J. Doyne Farmer -- Close to the singularity / W. Daniel Hillis. |
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