In recent decades, few disciplines have experienced the explosion of knowledge and research that genetics has. Inspired in part by …
Using an extremely accessible approach, the authors present a fascinating look at how cosmic structures, such as galaxies and clusters, …
Artificial “machine” intelligence is playing an ever-greater role in our society. We are already using cruise control in our cars, …
Revised second edition for advanced undergraduate students in astronomy and astrophysics.
This extensively illustrated book presents the astrophysics of galaxies since their beginnings in the early Universe. It has been thoroughly …
A vivid and compelling history of human artistic achievements, from the first stone fashioned into a figure by a hunter-gatherer …
Charles E. Rosenberg, one of the world's most influential historians of medicine, presents a fascinating analysis of the current tensions …
Charles Darwin's words first appeared in print as a student at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1829, and in almost every …
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In this work of paradigm changing social science, Bryce Laliberte lays out a new foundation which unifies the domains of …
Now in paperback: the book in which the author of the national bestseller The Physics of Star Trek traces the …
Your Cosmic Context provides a framework for exploring the nature and history of our universe. Equally well suited for independent …
The book explicates with several examples the part related to "evolution" of the game theory. This aspect is very important …
It has often been noted that a kind of double dynamics char- terizes the development of science. On the one …
The co-evolutionary concept of Three-modal stable evolutionary strategy of Homo sapiens is developed. The concept based on the principle of …
Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of …
There's a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass in which the Red Queen, having just led a chase …
From a review of the second edition:"This book covers many interesting topics not usually covered in a present day undergraduate …
An Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics aspires to provide the reader with an intermediate knowledge on stars whilst focusing mostly on …
Where did maths come from? Who thought up all those algebra symbols, and why? What's the story behind ... negative …
Begging by nestling birds has become the model system for investigating evolutionary conflicts of interest within families and their theoretical …
If, as Darwin suggests, evolution relentlessly encourages the survival of the fittest, why are humans compelled to live in cooperative, …
According to the reigning competition-driven model of evolution, selfish behaviors that maximize an organism’s reproductive potential offer a fitness advantage …
Social life of bacteria is in the focus of recent research. Bacteria are simple enough to be accessible by science, …
Evolutionary game theory originated in population biology from the realisation that frequency-dependent fitness introduced a strategic element into evolution. Since …
Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers to develop a predictive theory …
The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically …
Language is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have …
Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. …