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Noise matters : the evolution of communication
- Title
- Noise matters : the evolution of communication / R. Haven Wiley.
- Author
- Wiley, R. Haven.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 502 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-490) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part One. Noise and Ways to Reduce it. 1. Noise and signals introduced ; 2. Producing acoustic signals in noise ; 3. Receiving acoustic signals in noise ; 4. Transmission of acoustic signals ; 5. Adaptations to noise in different environments ; 6. Reducing noise, enhancing performance -- Part Two. Evolution of Signalers and Receivers. 7. Signals, receivers, and evolution ; 8. Optimal receivers and signalers ; 9. Payoffs for participants ; 10. Joint optima for signalers and receivers ; 11. Evaluation and extension of the model -- Part Three. Altered Perspectives. 12. Honesty in communication ; 13. Sexual selection as communication ; 14. Cooperation by communication ; 15. Complex societies ; 16. Molecular signals -- Part Four. Far Horizons. 17. Human communication ; 18. Truth in language ; 19. Subjectivity ; 20. Verification -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-3475
- ISBN
- 9780674744127 (alk. paper)
- 0674744128 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014042000
- OCLC
- 893709521
- Author
- Wiley, R. Haven.
- Title
- Noise matters : the evolution of communication / R. Haven Wiley.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-490) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-3475