02269nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10555545 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090918s2011 mauad sb 001 0 eng d 2009037133 9780262014120 (hardcover alk. paper) 0262014122 (hardcover alk. paper) 9780262265843 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)793206752 QH313 .W67 2011eb 571 22 Work meets life [electronic resource] : exploring the integrative study of work in living systems / edited by Robert Levin ... [et al.]. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011. xv, 249 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. The ancient patterns of work in living systems / Robert Levin -- Energy, information, and the work of the brain / Simon B. Laughlin -- Performance-yield trade-offs in work in manufactured and living systems : design centering looks at the world of work / Michael Lightner -- The impact of photosynthetic work on earth, climate, and the biosphere / Christina De La Rocha -- Niche construction and human behavioral ecology : tools for understanding work / Kevin Laland and Gillian Brown -- The wok of designers : cultures of making and representation / Alan Blackwell -- Working on the edge today : dissatisfaction, adaptation, and performance / Joseph Rosse and Stacy Saturay -- Do energy allocations affect work performance? The working energy/take-home energy trade-off hypothesis / Robert Levin, Kevin Laland, and Stacy Saturay -- Responding to the challenges of the environment : stressors, the brain, and work / Steven Maier and Robert Levin. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Biological systems. Work. Bioenergetics. Electronic books. local Levin, Robert. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555545 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89104 89104