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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Science, Ideology and Myth
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Did Darwin get it Right?
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About this book
Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today. Its author, the eminently quotable John Maynard Smith, discusses such fascinating conundrums as how life began, whether the brain works like a computer, why most animals and plants reproduce sexually, and how social behavior evolved out of the context of natural selection--a process which would seem to favor selfishness. A humorous and insightful writer, John Maynard Smith has the special ability to convey the excitement of science, its complexity and fascination, without baffling or boring his readers. In these 28 brief and accessible essays, Maynard ranges widely over such issues as science and the media, the birth of sociobiology, the evolution of animal intelligence and the limitations of evolutionary theory. For his work on the evolution of sex, Smith won the Darwin medal from the Royal Society, and he has pioneered the application of game theory to animal behavior.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Did Darwin Get It Right?
Book Subtitle: Essays on Games, Sex and Evolution
Authors: John Maynard Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7862-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: John Maynard Smith 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-03821-1Published: 31 January 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7862-4Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 147
Topics: Evolutionary Biology