{"product_id":"the-origins-of-the-new-novelty-and-innovation-in-the-history-of-life-culture-and-technology-9780691178943","title":"The Origins of the New: Novelty and Innovation in the History of Life, Culture, and Technology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visionary look at how novel attributes arise and become transformative innovations in nature, culture, and technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origins of the New\u003c\/i\u003e presents a revolutionary approach to evolutionary success in all realms of life. In this groundbreaking book, Douglas Erwin takes readers on a dazzling excursion across science and history to explore how evolution generates new and enduring features in biology, culture, and technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErwin begins by tracing how thinkers from Darwin's time to the present day have sought to discover the driving mechanisms of evolutionary novelty. He then lays out compelling empirical evidence for separating novelty from innovation, showing how novelty involves the emergence of unique characteristics while innovation has to do with the success of those characteristics across time. Erwin develops a unifying conceptual framework for these powerful dynamics, demonstrating how they have shaped everything from the evolution of avian feathers and flight to the creation of human language and the breathtaking advances in digital computing we're witnessing today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA landmark work that redefines our understanding of the changes happening all around us, \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of the New\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the forces of novelty and innovation are the same across nature and culture, continually producing new forms and refashioning the world as we know it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas H. Erwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691178943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas H. Erwin\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading paleobiologist whose books include \u003ci\u003eExtinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton) and (with James W. Valentine) \u003ci\u003eThe Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute and was for many years a senior scientist and curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Douglas H. Erwin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231588102301,"sku":"9780691178943","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f8e381c5-39b5-4b0e-9b4f-d219f693588f.jpg?v=1778577950","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-origins-of-the-new-novelty-and-innovation-in-the-history-of-life-culture-and-technology-9780691178943","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}