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Cooperation and its evolution
Essays from a range of disciplinary perspectives show the central role that cooperation plays in structuring our world. This collection reports on the latest research on an increasingly pivotal issue for evolutionary biology: cooperation. The chapters are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and utilize research tools that range from empirical survey to conceptual modeling, re…
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- 9780262313032
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- 1 online resource (vii, 577 pages) :illustrations.
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Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pa…
How universities in the US and South Korea compete for global student markets—and how university financials shape students' lives. The popular image of the international student in the American imagination is one of affluence, access, and privilege, but is that image accurate? In this provocative book, higher education scholar Stephanie Kim challenges this view, arguing that universities -…
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Mind in a physical world :
"This book, based on Jaegwon Kim's 1996 Townsend Lectures, presents the philosopher's current views on a variety of issues in the metaphysics of the mind - in particular, the mind-body problem, mental causation, and reductionism. Kim construes the mind-body problem as that of finding a place for the mind in a world that is fundamentally physical. Among other points, he redefines the roles of su…
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The Cultural Nature of Attachment: Contextualizing Relationships and Development
Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children's attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342872
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- 1 online resource (xi, 429 pages).
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The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and E?ors Szathm?ary published their influential book 'The Major Transitions in Evolution'. In this volume, scholars reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295703
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- 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) :illustrations.
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Democracy in a hotter time :climate change and democratic transformation
"A stellar roster of essayists share their reimagings of the institutions of democracy and governance necessary to resolve the climate crisis, and call on the reader to do so as well"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376464
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From signal to symbol :the evolution of language
"An original argument to explain the "language gap" between humans and other primates, drawing on research from evolutionary biology, paleobiology, and archaeology"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262366038
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Constructing student mobility :how universities recruit students and shape pa…
"The book examines how the higher education sectors in California and South Korea have created new admissions pathways for South Korean students, reframing student mobility as not solely an individual pursuit but one shaped by institutional opportunities"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The economics of philanthropy :donations and fundraising
Experts bring economic tools to bear on philanthropic activities, addressing topics that range from the determinants of giving to the effectiveness of fundraising techniques. Economists are increasingly aware of the need to better understand philanthropic activities. In this book, economists address a variety of topics related to the economics of philanthropy, ranging from the determinants of g…
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- 9780262348041
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- 1 online resource (288 pages)
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Evolution of communicative flexibility :complexity, creativity, and adaptabil…
Experts investigate communicative flexibility (in both form and usage of signals) as the foundation of the evolution of complex communication systems, including human language.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262281027
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- 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) :illustrations.
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