Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society: The New Science of Memes AUTH-3046090 ISBN13: 9780762748990

ISBN13: 9780762748990

ISBN13: 9781614935780

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Published: 11/02/2019

Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society: The New Science of Memes AUTH-3046090 ISBN13: 9780762748990Fans of Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Bennet, and Richard Dawkins (as well as science buffs and readers of Wired Magazine) will revel in Aaron Lynch's groundbreaking examination of memetics the new study of how ideas and beliefs spread. What characterizes a meme is its capacity for displacing rival ideas and beliefs in an evolutionary drama that determines and changes the way people think. Exactly how do ideas spread, and what are the factors that make