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Author Morowitz, Harold J.

Title The emergence of everything : how the world became complex / Harold J. Morowitz.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; The Emergence of Emergence; Ideas of Emergence; The Twenty-Eight Steps; The First Emergence: The Primordium- Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?; The Second Step: Making a Nonuniform Universe; The Emergence of Stars; The Periodic Table; Planetary Accretion: The Solar System; Planetary Structure; The Geospheres; The Emergence of Metabolism; Cells; Cells with Organelles; Multicellularity; The Neuron; Animalness; Chordateness; Crossing the Geospheres: From Fish to Amphibians; Crossing the Geospheres: From Fish to Amphibians; Reptiles
MammalsThe Niche; Arboreal Mammals; Primates; The Great Apes; Hominization and Competitive Exclusion in Hominids; Toolmaking; Language; Agriculture; Technology and Urbanization; Philosophy; The Spirit; Analyzing Emergence; Athens and Jerusalem; Science and Religion; The Task Ahead; Index
Summary Framing the West argues that photography was intrinsic to British territorial expansion and settlement on the northwest coast. Williams shows how male and female settlers used photography to establish control over the territory and its indigenous inhabitants, as well as how native peoples eventually turned the technology to their own purposes. Photographs of the region were used to stimulate British immigration and entrepreneuralism, and imagies of babies and children were designed to advertise the population growth of the settlers. Although Indians were taken by Anglos to document their ""dis.
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Subject Evolution.
Evolution.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Complexity (Philosophy)
Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title How the world became complex
Other Form: Print version: Morowitz, Harold J. Emergence of everything. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 019513513X (DLC) 2002070388 (OCoLC)49698870
ISBN 9780198030898 (electronic book)
0198030894 (electronic book)
9780195135138 (acid-free paper)
019513513X (acid-free paper)