The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today - Tapa dura

Cronin, Helena

 
9780521329378: The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today
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ISBN 10: 052132937X ISBN 13: 9780521329378
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Sinopsis

An enthralling account of the arguments about altruism and sexual selection raging since Darwin's day.

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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

Reseña del editor

This book is a success story. It explains two long-running puzzles of the theory of natural selection. How can natural selection favour those, like the ant, that renounce tooth and claw in favour of the public-spirited ways of the commune? How can it explain the peacock's tail, flamboyant and a burden to its bearer; surely selection would act against useless ornamentation? Helena Cronin's enthralling account blends history, science and philosophy in a gripping tale that is scholarly, entertaining and eminently readable. The hardback edition was selected by Nature as one of the best scientific books in 1992. Also the New York Times chose it as one of their best books of 1992. The author divides her time between the Philosophy Department at the London School of Economics and the Zoology Department at Oxford.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
052132937X
ISBN 13 
9780521329378
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
504
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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9780521457651: The Ant and the Peacock Paperback: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today

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ISBN 10:  0521457653 ISBN 13:  9780521457651
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1993
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