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Nature via nurture : genes, experience, and what makes us human / Matt Ridley.
Van Pelt Library QH438.5 .R535 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridley, Matt
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature and nurture.
- Human genetics.
- Physical Description:
- 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins, [2003]
- Summary:
- Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature versus nurture debate to bring readers a stunning book about the roots of human behavior.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Twelve Hairy Men 1
- 1. The Paragon of Animals 7
- 2. A Plethora of Instincts 38
- 3. A Convenient Jingle 69
- 4. The Madness of Causes 98
- 5. Genes in the Fourth Dimension 125
- 6. Formative Years 151
- 7. Learning Lessons 177
- 8. Conundrums of Culture 201
- 9. The Seven Meanings of "Gene" 231
- 10. A Budget of Paradoxical Morals 249
- Epilogue: Homo stramineus: The Straw Man 277.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-306) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060006781
- OCLC:
- 51553398
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