Trova una copia online
Collegamenti a questo documento
myilibrary.com Available to Stanford-affiliated users at:
Trova una copia in biblioteca
Stiamo ricercando le biblioteche che possiedono questo documento…
Dettagli
| Genere/forma: | Essays |
|---|---|
| Persona incaricata: | Richard Dawkins; Richard Dawkins; Richard Dawkins |
| Tipo materiale: | Biography, Risorsa internet |
| Tipo documento: | Book, Internet Resource |
| Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: |
Alan Grafen; Mark Ridley |
| ISBN: | 0199291160 9780199291168 |
| Numero OCLC: | 62322400 |
| Descrizione: | xiii, 283 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contenuti: | Ballooning parrots and semi-lunar germs / Andrew F. Read -- The battle of the sexes revisited / Helena Cronin -- Richard Dawkins: intellectual plumber -- and more / John Krebs -- What is a puma? / Michael Hansell -- Living with The Selfish Gene / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- The gene meme / David Haig -- The intelluctual contribution of The Selfish Gene to evolutionary theory / Alan Grafen -- An eye on the core: Dawkins and sociobiology / Ullica Segerstrale -- The Selfish Gene as a philosophical essay / Caniel C. Dennett -- The invention of an algorithmic biology / Seth Bullock -- Selfish genes and information flow / David Deutsch -- Deep commonalities between life and mind / Steven Pinker -- Richard Dawkins and the problem of progress / Michael Ruse -- The nest's tale: affectionate disagreements with Richard Dawkins / Patrick Bateson -- What's the matter with Memes? / Robert Aunger -- Selfish genes and family relations / Martin Daly and Mrgo Wilson -- Why a lot of people with selfish genes are pretty nice except for their hatred of The Selfish Gene / Randolph M. Nesse -- The perverse primate / Kim Sterelny -- The skeptic's chaplain: Richard Dawkins as a fountainhead of skepticism / Michael Shermer -- A fellow humanist / Richard Harries -- Dawkins and the virus of faith / A.C. Grayling -- To rise above / Marek Kohn -- What the whale wondered: evolution, existentialism, and the search for 'meaning' / David P. Barash -- Richard Dawkins and the golden pen / Matt Ridley -- Every indication of inadvertent solicitude / Philip Pullman. |
| Responsabilità: | edited by Alan Grafen and Mark Ridley. |
| Maggiori informazioni: |
Commenti
Sinossi editore
An interesting series of essays. Philip Hensher, The Spectator A sparkling collection. Prospect This book presents a vivid picture of how one man, by force of rigorous analysis and clear writing, taught a generation of biologists how to think about evolution New York Times While such festschrifts are usually deadly dull, designed to flatter rather than enlighten, this is a delightful exception, containing a number of thought-provoking essays that go beyond mere appreciation of Dawkins's book. Jerry A. Coyne, Times Literary Supplement Per saperne di più…
Etichette
Documenti simili
Soggetti correlati:(8)
- Dawkins, Richard, -- 1941- -- Influence.
- Evolution -- Essays.
- Genetics, Behavioral -- Essays.
- Dawkins, Richard.
- Philosophie.
- Genetik.
- Evolution.
- Wissenschaftstheorie.
Liste di utenti con questo documento (5)
- Things to Check Out(286 documenti)
di windk aggiorna 2012-06-26
- Things to Check Out(24 documenti)
di george1001 aggiorna 2012-06-25
- Things to Check Out(2 documenti)
di beauxj82 aggiorna 2011-01-11
- Science/Technology/Math/Nature(178 documenti)
di s1lentr0ck aggiorna 2010-08-25
- 2006-07: Items Purchased, Part 1 of 2(243 documenti)
di shuylerk aggiorna 2008-10-13
