Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives

Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives / David Sloan Wilson.

Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution with stories that entertain as much as they inform, and shows how, properly understood, these principles can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion. Now everyone can move beyond the sterile de...

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Main Author: Wilson, David Sloan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • The future can differ from the past
  • Clearing the deck
  • A third way of thinking
  • Prove it!
  • Be careful what you wish for
  • Monkey madness
  • How the dog got its curly tail
  • Dancing with ghosts
  • What is the function of a can opener? how do you know?
  • Your apprentice license
  • Welcome home, prodigal son
  • Teaching the experts
  • Murder city
  • How i learned to stop worrying and love genetic determinism
  • They've got personality!
  • The beauty of Abraham Lincoln
  • Love thy neighbor microbe
  • Groups all the way down
  • Divided we fall
  • Winged minds
  • The egalitarian ape
  • Across the cooperation divide
  • The first laugh
  • The vital arts
  • Dr. Doolittle was right
  • How many inventors does it take to make a light bulb?
  • I don't know how it works!
  • Darwin's cathedral
  • Is there anyone out there? is there anyone up there?
  • Ayn Rand : religious zealot
  • The social intelligence of nations, or, evil aliens need not apply
  • Mr. Beeper
  • The ecology of good and evil
  • Mosquitoes under the bed
  • The return of the amateur scientist
  • Bon voyage.

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