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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 coherent but rich and complex narrative." "An entirely new way of talking about work." -- KN Farrell, American Journal of Human Biology "Work Meets Life succeeds admirably." "Prepared with intellectual honesty." "Work Meets Life is an exemplary collaboration of minds." -- JS Turner, Metascience "Ambitious..." "A broad view of work in living systems." "Novel and thought-provoking." -- JE Niven, Integrative and Comparative Biology "[A] rewarding read... Goes beyond the classical concepts of work as defined in physics." -- DC Eustice, Choice Read more...
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