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T�tulo: Ant and the Peacock, The: Altruism and ...

Editorial: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK

A�o de publicaci�n: 1992

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

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'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

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