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　　In Nature's Magic Peter Corning states that synergy--a vaguely

familiar term to many of us--has been a wellspring of creativity in

the natural world and has played a key role in the evolution of

cooperation and complexity at all levels, from physics and

chemistry to the latest human technologies. The 'Synergism

Hypothesis' asserts that synergy is more than a class of

interesting and ubiquitous effects. It has also been a major causal

agency in evolution; it represents a unifying explanation for

biological complexity and represents a different perspective on the

evolutionary process. In contrast to gene-centered theories, or

postulates of self-organization and emergent 'laws' of complexity,

the Synergism Hypothesis represents, in essence, an 'economic' (or

bio-economic) theory of complexity. Peter A. Corning, Ph.D., is the

Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems in Palo

Alto, California. He has published numerous research papers and

articles and three previous books, one of which was a theoretical

monograph on the role of synergy in evolution, The Synergism

Hypothesis: A Theory of Progressive Evolution (McGraw-Hill,

1983).

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Nature's Magic, first published in 2003, presents a bold vision of the evolutionary process from the Big Bang to the 21st century. Synergy of various kinds is not only a ubiquitous aspect of the natural world but it has also been a wellspring of creativity and the 'driver' of the broad evolutionary trend toward increased complexity, in nature and human societies alike. But in contrast with the many theories of emergence or complexity that rely on some underlying force or 'law', the 'Synergism Hypothesis', as Peter Corning calls it, is in essence an economic theory of biological complexity; it is fully consistent with mainstream evolutionary biology. Corning refers to it as Holistic Darwinism. Among the many important insights that are provided by this new paradigm, Corning presents a scenario in which the human species invented itself; synergistic, behavioral and technological innovations were the 'pacemakers' of our biological evolution. Synergy has also been the key to the evolution of complex modern societies, he concludes.