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Work meets life : exploring the integrative study of work in living systems
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Work meets life : exploring the integrative study of work in living systems

Author: Robert Levin; et al
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Work as fundamental to life, explored at different levels of organization from the perspectives of a variety of biological and nonbiological disciplines.

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Levin; et al
ISBN: 9780262014120 0262014122
OCLC Number: 438053593
Description: xv, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The ancient patterns of work in living systems / Robert Levin --
Energy, information, and the work of the brain / Simon B. Laughlin --
Performance-yield trade-offs in work in manufactured and living systems : design centering looks at the world of work / Michael Lightner --
The impact of photosynthetic work on earth, climate, and the biosphere / Christina De La Rocha --
Niche construction and human behavioral ecology : tools for understanding work / Kevin Laland and Gillian Brown --
The wok of designers : cultures of making and representation / Alan Blackwell --
Working on the edge today : dissatisfaction, adaptation, and performance / Joseph Rosse and Stacy Saturay --
Do energy allocations affect work performance? The working energy/take-home energy trade-off hypothesis / Robert Levin, Kevin Laland, and Stacy Saturay --
Responding to the challenges of the environment : stressors, the brain, and work / Steven Maier and Robert Levin.
Responsibility: edited by Robert Levin ... [et al.].

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"This collective work as a whole is breathtaking in its aspiration, and it successfully delivers." -- DD Pennington, BioScience "A refreshingly new gaze." "A genuinely integrative work." "Provides a Read more...

 
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