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RECORD NUMBER: 36 OF 68| Main Title | Learning from the octopus : how secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and disease / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Sagarin, Rafe. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Basic Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 744287779 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780465021833 (hardback); 0465021832 (hardback); 9780465029815 (e-book); 0465029817 (e-book) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Terrorism--Prevention ; Emergency management ; Ecology--Study and teaching ; Evolution--Study and teaching ; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / Developmental Biology ; Ecology--Study and teaching ; Emergency management ; Evolution--Study and teaching ; Terrorism--Prevention | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xxv, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | "How the study of ecology and evolution can fortify us against disaster and war"-- Prologue : unnatural disasters -- The origins of natural security -- Tide-pool security -- Learning as a force of nature -- Organized to change -- Necessary redundancy -- Beyond MAD fiddler crabs -- Calling your bluff and bluffing your call -- The sacred values of salmon and suicide bombers -- Hang together or hang separately -- We have met the enemy and he is us! -- Conclusion : the end and the beginning. |