George C. Williams and Evolutionary Literacy

AvMichael P. Cohen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment

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In this book, a case study of a humanistic reading of an essential evolutionary theorist, George C. As the most influential American evolutionary theorist of the second half of the twentieth century, Williams masters critique, frames questions about adaptation and natural selection, and answers in a plain, aphoristic writing style.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:603 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment
Antal sidor:364
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031116490

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Michael P. Cohen works at the intersection of literary theory and nature writing. His books include Pathless Way: John Muir and American Wilderness (1984), A Garden of Bristlecones: Tales of Change in the Great Basin (1998) and Granite and Grace: Seeking the Heart of Yosemite (2019).

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“One cannot write clearly until one has thought clearly. George C. Williams did both. For anyone whose science, style of thought, or writing has been influenced by his, this book is well worth a read.” (Stephen C. Stearns, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 98 (4), December, 2023)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Face of the Adaptationist Program.- Chapter 1. A Balance of Forces: Homes and Schools, Genes, Senescence, and Altruism.- Chapter 2.Design, Parsimony, and a Critique of Adaptation.- Chapter 3.Opening Sociobiology: Disciplining the Plain Style.- Chapter 4.Sex, Death, and the Language of Sociobiology.- Chapter 5.How Scientific Reductionism leads to Evolutionary Explanation.- Chapter 6.Evolution and Human Ethics: An Expansion from Sociobiology.- Chapter 7.History, Natural Selection, and the Book of Nature.- Chapter 8.Repairing Human Natures.- Chapter 9.The Dark Side of Biology.- Chapter 10.How Shall a Human Face Death.