Natural Selections
Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution
Seiten
2007
Bellevue Literary Press (Verlag)
978-1-934137-05-5 (ISBN)
Bellevue Literary Press (Verlag)
978-1-934137-05-5 (ISBN)
What happens when evolutionary and cultural imperatives clash, and what we can do about it.
“Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate
If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe.
David Barash is the author of The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary’s Ovaries. He lives in Redmond, Washington.
“Barash . . . brilliantly integrat[es] science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil
“Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate
If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe.
David Barash is the author of The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary’s Ovaries. He lives in Redmond, Washington.
David Barash, professor of psychology at the University of Washington, is the author of over 20 books (among them Natural Selections, The Myth of Monogamy and Madame Bovary's Ovaries) and over 200 articles. One of the earliest proponents of "sociobiology" in the 1970s, now know as "evolutionary psychology" or "evolutionary biology," he remains among its most articulate popularizers.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.10.2007 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 397 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-934137-05-7 / 1934137057 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-934137-05-5 / 9781934137055 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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