Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871403307
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New York Times Bestseller From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to demonstrate that group selection, not kin selection, is the premier driving force of human evolution. In a work that James D. Watson calls “a monumental exploration of the biological origins of the human condition,” Wilson explains how our innate drive to belong to a group is both a “great blessing and a terrible curse” (Smithsonian). Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, the renowned Harvard University biologist presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth’s biosphere.
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
New York Times Bestseller From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first”
Language: uk
Pages: 328
Pages: 328
Сучасні багатії перетворилися на глобальну спільноту рівних: у них більше спільного між собою, ніж зі співвітчизниками. Цей новий клас два десятиліття досліджувала Христя Фріланд. Через численні інтерв’ю авторка препарує життя плутократів з глибоким розумінням і навіть співчуттям. Йде слідами російських, мексиканських, індійських олігархів під час буму приватизації, показує гендерні відмінності
Language: uk
Pages: 245
Pages: 245
Language: en
Pages: 384
Pages: 384
In this book, acclaimed economist Herbert Gintis ranges widely across many fields—including economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, moral philosophy, and biology—to provide a rigorous transdisciplinary explanation of some fundamental characteristics of human societies and social behavior. Because such behavior can be understood only through transdisciplinary research, Gintis argues, Individuality and Entanglement
Language: en
Pages: 636
Pages: 636
Language: en
Pages: 272
Pages: 272
"For a very long period of human history, direct physical violence used to be one of the main means of obtaining power, wealth, and prestige, as well as social control, socialization of children and regulation of social relations. Human societies were also developing various ways of controlling and curtailing direct
Language: uk
Pages: 1488
Pages: 1488
Історія про хлопчика, якого виховали вовки, відома дітям в усьому світі. Цю казку люблять не тільки за те, що її герої-тварини мають дуже яскраві характери; маленьких читачів захоплює сміливість, кмітливість і безстрашні вчинки Мауглі. Твір Редьярда Кіплінга доводить, що людина як найсильніша істота на Землі несе відповідальність за наш світ.Для
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations' Ian McEwan 'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey Sachs The legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date 'Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,' begins
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In Genesis, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, from the origin of life to the invention of sexual reproduction to the development of
Language: uk
Pages: 327
Pages: 327