Peter Corning To Receive "Book of the Year" Award

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May 22, 2018

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At the International Conference on Complex Systems at MIT, July 22-27 Peter Corning will be doing a presentation (and paper) on “Synergistic Selection: A Bioeconomic Theory of Complexity in Evolution.”

During the 30th Annual Meeting of The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics in Baden-Baden Germany, July 30th to August 3rd, Peter Corning will be the keynote speaker with a speech on “Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind.”  He will also be receiving their “book of the year” award for Synergistic Selection and an honorary doctorate for my 30 years of work and contributions to the systems sciences. For more information about Peter Corning, please see his press kit.

 

 

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