Nature's Longing for Beauty: Elegance as an Evolutionary Attractor, with Implications for Human Systems

World Futures 66 (7):504-510 (2010)
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(2010). Nature's Longing for Beauty: Elegance as an Evolutionary Attractor, with Implications for Human Systems. World Futures: Vol. 66, No. 7, pp. 504-510

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