Understanding innovation through exaptation / Caterina AM La Porta, Stefano Zapperi, Luciano Pilotti, editors.
2020
T173.8
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Title
Understanding innovation through exaptation / Caterina AM La Porta, Stefano Zapperi, Luciano Pilotti, editors.
ISBN
9783030457846 (electronic book)
3030457842 (electronic book)
3030457834
9783030457839
3030457842 (electronic book)
3030457834
9783030457839
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-45
Call Number
T173.8
Dewey Decimal Classification
600
Summary
This book explores the role of exaptation in diverse areas of life, with examples ranging from biology to economics, social sciences and architecture. The concept of exaptation, introduced in evolutionary biology by Gould and Vrba in 1982, describes the possibility that already existing traits can be exploited for new purposes throughout the evolutionary process. Edited by three active scholars in the fields of biology, physics and economics, the book presents an interdisciplinary collection of expert viewpoints illustrating the importance of exaptation for interpreting current reality in various fields of investigation. Using the lenses of exaptation, the contributing authors show how to view the overall macroscopic landscape as comprising many disciplines, all working in unity within a single complex system. This book is the first to discuss exaptation in both hard and soft disciplines and highlights the role of this concept in understanding the birth of innovation by identifying key elements and ideas. It also offers a comprehensive guide to the emerging interdisciplinary field of exaptation, provides didactic explanations of the basic concepts, and avoids excessive jargon and heavy formalism. Its target audience includes graduate students in physics, biology, mathematics, economics, psychology and architecture; it will also appeal to established researchers in the humanities who wish to explore or enter this new science-driven interdisciplinary field.
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Frontiers collection.
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