Signals : evolution, learning, & information /
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Author / Creator: | Skyrms, Brian. |
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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 |
ISBN: | 9780199580828 (acid-free paper) 0199580820 9780199582945 (pbk.) 0199582947 (pbk.) |
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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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