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Evolution for Everyone

How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives

By David Sloan Wilson

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| Hardcover | 9780385340212

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Book Description

What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?

These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new Continue

Critics

Sociable Darwinism

Just as in the classic clashes of nature, where every mutational upgrade in a carnivore’s strength or cunning is soon countered by a speedier or more paranoid model of antelope, so the pitched struggle between evolutionary theory and its deniers has ... (read full critics)

nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

1 Review

i really enjoyed this book, and i will recommend it to everyone i know.
the only thing that kept the book from receiving an "i LOVE it!" is that wilson oftentimes slips into personal description of his life and colleagues about whom he's writing. i wouldn't have minded an occasional parenth ... (continue)

i really enjoyed this book, and i will recommend it to everyone i know.
the only thing that kept the book from receiving an "i LOVE it!" is that wilson oftentimes slips into personal description of his life and colleagues about whom he's writing. i wouldn't have minded an occasional parenthetical on his personal history, how he and his wife lived in this place and how the light reflected off the blades of grass on a hill, but the long-winded ruminations on these things subtracted from the excellence of the book.
overall, though, book rocks!: cool vignettes about bee, beetle, ape and human behaviors; well-structured survey of the major topics within evolution and its methodology; and a cogent application of evolutionary principles to multiple disciplines.
things i really liked: beetles (i forget the type) and explanation for infanticide, and the dancing of bees and the architecture of larger "societal" structures.

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