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Self-Organization and Selection in EvolutionKauffman's thesis combines concepts of self-organization, integration with natural selection, and adaptation to explain the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems....

A Very Short IntroductionFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? This imaginative and stimulating  Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore...

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Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, The Declining Significance of Homophobia tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young...

'though a great many men and not a few women knew Ferdinand Lopez very well, none        of them knew whence he had come'Despite his mysterious antecedents, Ferdinand Lopez        aspires to join the ranks of British society. An unscrupulous financial speculator,        he determines to marry into respectability and wealth, much against the wishes...

The  African Development Report 2005 is the seventeenth annual survey of economic and social progress in Africa. The Report provides comprehensive analysis of the state of the African economy, examining development policy issues affecting the economic prospects of the continent....