Signals : evolution, learning, & information /

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Author / Creator:Skyrms, Brian.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:199 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8062868
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ISBN:9780199580828 (acid-free paper)
0199580820
9780199582945 (pbk.)
0199582947 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-195) and index.
Summary:Brian Skyrms offers a demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to examine how meaning & communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders & receivers at all levels of life, transmitting & processing information. That is how humans & animals think & interact.

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