The Evolution of Intelligent Systems: How Molecules Became Minds

How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler material beginnings? This book provides a comprehensive overview of evolution from pre-life and early life forms through increasing complexity to advanced cognitive systems using a new framework based on dynamic systems theory.

Author: K. Richardson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/20/2010
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230252493

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 272

About the Author
KEN RICHARDSON was formerly Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Human Development and Learning, The Open University, UK (now retired). He has a wide experience in researching and teaching in brain biology, cognitive sciences and human development. He has published around 100 journal papers and is author of Understanding Psychology; Understanding Intelligence; Origins of Human Potential: Evolution, Development and Psychology; Models of Cognitive Development and The Making of Intelligence.