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Quarks to Culture : How We Came to Be.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231544139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quarks to CultureDDC classification:
  • 576.83
LOC classification:
  • QH325 .V588 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Combogenesis and a Grand Sequence -- 1. Natural Chapters and Nested Scales -- 2. The Core Theme: Combogenesis -- Part II. Twelve Fundamental Levels -- 3. A Big Bang Start of Things and Relations -- 4. The Nucleons, with Immortal Proton and Fragile Neutron -- 5. Atomic Nuclei from Mutual Aid -- 6. Atoms with Space-Filling, Electric Mandalas -- 7. An Expanding Cornucopia of Molecules -- 8. Simple Cells Launch Life and Evolution -- Graphic Concept Summary -- 9. The Sexy Eukaryotic Cell -- 10. Multiple Ramps to the Complex Multicellular Organism -- 11. Animal Social Groups Wild with Possibilities -- 12. Tribal Metagroups and Cultural Evolution -- 13. Transplantable Agrovillages -- 14. Geopolitical States, Masters of Acquisition and Merger -- Part III. Dynamical Realms and Themes -- 15. Dynamical Realms and Their Base Levels -- 16. Alphakits: Atomic, Genetic, Linguistic -- 17. Themes in Evolutionary Dynamics -- 18. Convergent Themes of Combogenesis -- Epilogue: What About the Future? -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Quarks to Culture explores the rhythm within what Tyler Volk calls the "grand sequence," a series of levels of sizes and innovations building from elementary quanta to globalized human civilization. The key is "combogenesis," the building-up from combination and integration to produce new things with innovative relations.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Combogenesis and a Grand Sequence -- 1. Natural Chapters and Nested Scales -- 2. The Core Theme: Combogenesis -- Part II. Twelve Fundamental Levels -- 3. A Big Bang Start of Things and Relations -- 4. The Nucleons, with Immortal Proton and Fragile Neutron -- 5. Atomic Nuclei from Mutual Aid -- 6. Atoms with Space-Filling, Electric Mandalas -- 7. An Expanding Cornucopia of Molecules -- 8. Simple Cells Launch Life and Evolution -- Graphic Concept Summary -- 9. The Sexy Eukaryotic Cell -- 10. Multiple Ramps to the Complex Multicellular Organism -- 11. Animal Social Groups Wild with Possibilities -- 12. Tribal Metagroups and Cultural Evolution -- 13. Transplantable Agrovillages -- 14. Geopolitical States, Masters of Acquisition and Merger -- Part III. Dynamical Realms and Themes -- 15. Dynamical Realms and Their Base Levels -- 16. Alphakits: Atomic, Genetic, Linguistic -- 17. Themes in Evolutionary Dynamics -- 18. Convergent Themes of Combogenesis -- Epilogue: What About the Future? -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Quarks to Culture explores the rhythm within what Tyler Volk calls the "grand sequence," a series of levels of sizes and innovations building from elementary quanta to globalized human civilization. The key is "combogenesis," the building-up from combination and integration to produce new things with innovative relations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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