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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42291307 Title: NonZero : the logic of human destiny Author: Robert Wright Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000. ISBN/ISSN: 0679442529 9780679442523 OCLC:42291307

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NonZero : the logic of human destiny

Author:	Robert Wright
Publisher:	New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Challenging the idea that biological evolution is aimless, the author explores his theory that greater social complexity is "in the cards" for humanity as the species continues to evolve.
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Wright, Robert, 1957- NonZero. New York : Pantheon Books, c2000 (OCoLC)607439871
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Robert Wright Find more information about:
ISBN:	0679442529 9780679442523
OCLC Number:	42291307
Description:	x, 435 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	The ladder of cultural evolution -- The way we were -- Add technology and bake for five millennia -- The invisible brain -- War: what is it good for? -- The inevitability of agriculture -- The age of chiefdoms -- The second information revolution -- Civilization and so on -- Our friends the barbarians -- Dark Ages -- The inscrutable Orient -- Modern times -- And here we are -- New world order -- Degrees of freedom -- The cosmic context -- The rise of biological non-zero-sumness -- Why life is so complex -- The last adaptation -- Non-crazy questions -- You call this a god?.
Responsibility:	Robert Wright.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Sample text Publisher description Book review (H-Net)

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Challenging the idea that biological evolution is aimless, the author explores his theory that greater social complexity is "in the cards" for humanity as the species continues to evolve.

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