Description: Evolution, Games, and God by Martin A. Nowak, Sarah Coakley, Johan Almenberg, John Hedley Brooke, Philip Clayton, Heather D. Curtis, Thomas Dixon, Anna Dreber, Justin C. Fisher, Ned Hall Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Evolution, Games, and God explores how cooperation and altruism, alongside mutation and natural selection, play a critical role in evolution, from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate and self-sacrifice on behalf of others may be as beneficial to a populations survival as the self-preserving instincts of individuals. Publisher Description According to the reigning competition-driven model of evolution, selfish behaviors that maximize an organisms reproductive potential offer a fitness advantage over self-sacrificing behaviors-rendering unselfish behavior for the sake of others a mystery that requires extra explanation. Evolution, Games, and God addresses this conundrum by exploring how cooperation, working alongside mutation and natural selection, plays a critical role in populations from microbes to human societies. Inheriting a tendency to cooperate, argue the contributors to this book, may be as beneficial as the self-preserving instincts usually thought to be decisive in evolutionary dynamics.Assembling experts in mathematical biology, history of science, psychology, philosophy, and theology, Martin Nowak and Sarah Coakley take an interdisciplinary approach to the terms "cooperation" and "altruism." Using game theory, the authors elucidate mechanisms by which cooperation-a form of working together in which one individual benefits at the cost of another-arises through natural selection. They then examine altruism-cooperation which includes the sometimes conscious choice to act sacrificially for the collective good-as a key concept in scientific attempts to explain the origins of morality. Discoveries in cooperation go beyond the spread of genes in a population to include the spread of cultural transformations such as languages, ethics, and religious systems of meaning.The authors resist the presumption that theology and evolutionary theory are inevitably at odds. Rather, in rationally presenting a number of theological interpretations of the phenomena of cooperation and altruism, they find evolutionary explanation and theology to be strongly compatible. Author Biography Martin A. Nowak is Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and Professor of Mathematics and Biology at Harvard University. Sarah Coakley is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity and Deputy Chair of Arts and Humanities at the University of Cambridge. Heather D. Curtis is Associate Professor of Religion at Tufts University. Dominic D. P. Johnson is Alistair Buchan Professor of International Relations at St Antonys College, University of Oxford. Stephen M. Kosslyn is John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James, Emeritus, at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Details ISBN 0674047974 ISBN-13 9780674047976 Title Evolution, Games, and God Author Martin A. Nowak, Sarah Coakley, Johan Almenberg, John Hedley Brooke, Philip Clayton, Heather D. Curtis, Thomas Dixon, Anna Dreber, Justin C. Fisher, Ned Hall Format Hardcover Year 2013 Pages 416 Publisher Harvard University Press GE_Item_ID:51705260; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Evolution, Games, and God : the Principle of Cooperation
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Evolution, Sociology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Science
Item Height: 1.3 in
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Genre: Religion, Philosophy, Social Science, Science
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Martin A. Nowak
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
