The Ant and the Peacock Paperback: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today - Softcover

Cronin; Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521457653 ISBN 13: 9780521457651

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This book explains two puzzles of the theory of natural selection, the altruism of the ant, and that concerning sexual selection, epitomized by the peacock's flamboyant and burdensome tail. Helena Cronin's account blends history, science and philosophy in a gripping tale that is scholarly, entertaining and eminently readable.

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Críticas:

'Part detective story and part philosophical enquiry, The Ant and the Peacock offers a paradox in every paragraph.' J. G. Ballard, Weekend Telegraph

'Nobody with an interest in how the human mind has come to work the way it does can fail to be gripped by it.' The Economist

'In her racy and provocative way, Dr Cronin tells a story that sums up the essence of neo-Darwinism ... Part detective story and part philosophical enquiry, The Ant and the Peacock offers a paradox in every paragraph ...' Weekend Telegraph

'The finest study of the evolution of Darwinian thought that we have to date ... Cronin's special understanding of the sexual force in evolution's drive adds a most important dynamic to this work.' The New England Review of Books

Product Description:

Book by Helena Cronin

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521457653
• ISBN 13: 9780521457651
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 508