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Learning from the octopus : how secrets from nature can help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and disease / Rafe Sagarin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sagarin, Rafe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Emergency management.
- Ecology--Study and teaching.
- Ecology.
- Evolution--Study and teaching.
- Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- "How the study of ecology and evolution can fortify us against disaster and war"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Origins of Natural Security 1
- Chapter 2 Tide-Pool Security 21
- Chapter 3 Learning as a Force of Nature 37
- Chapter 4 Organized to Change 63
- Chapter 5 Necessary Redundancy 89
- Chapter 6 Beyond Mad Fiddler Crabs 109
- Chapter 7 Calling Your Bluff and Bluffing Your Call 129
- Chapter 8 The Sacred Values of Salmon and Suicide Bombers 149
- Chapter 9 Hang Together or Hang Separately 171
- Chapter 10 We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us! 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465021833
- 0465021832
- 9780465029815
- 0465029817
- OCLC:
- 744287779
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