Evolution for Everyone每个人的进化
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作者： David Sloan Wilson著
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出版时间： 2007-3-1字数：版次： 1页数： 390印刷时间：开本： 32开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9780385340212包装： 精装编辑推荐
作者简介：
David Sloan Wilson is distinguished professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University. He is the author of Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, coauthor of Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior, and coeditor of The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative.
内容简介
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories that entertain as much as they inform, Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, properly understood, they 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 debates about creationism and intelligent design to share Darwin’s panoramic view of animal and human life, seamlessly connected to each other.
Evolution, as Wilson explains, is not just about dinosaurs and human origins, but about why all species behave as they do—from beetles that devour their own young, to bees that function as a collective brain, to dogs that are smarter in some respects than our closest ape relatives. And basic evolutionary principles are also the foundation for humanity’s capacity for symbolic thought, culture, and morality.
In example after example, Wilson sheds new light on Darwin’s grand theory and how it can be applied to daily life. By turns thoughtful, provocative, and daringly funny, Evolution for Everyone addresses some of the deepest philosophical and social issues of this or any age. In helping us come to a deeper understanding of human beings and our place in the world, it might also help us to improve that world.
目录
1. The Future Can Differ from the Past
2. Clearing the Deck
3. A Third Way of Thinking
4. Prove It!
5. Be Careful What You Wish For
6. Monkey Madness
7. How the Dog Got Its Curly Tail
8. Dancing with Ghosts
9. What Is the Function of a Can Opener? How Do You Know?
10. Your Apprentice License
11. Welcome Home, Prodigal Son
12. Teaching the Experts
13. Murder City
14. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Genetic Determinism
15. They've Got Personality!
16. The Beauty of Abraham Lincoln
17. Love Thy Neighbor Microbe
18. Groups All the Way Down
19. Divided We Fall
20. Winged Minds
21. The Egalitarian Ape
22. Across the Cooperation Divide
23. The First Laugh
24. The Vital Arts
25. Dr. DoolittleWas Right
26. How Many Inventors Does It Take to Make a Lightbulb?
27, I Don't Know How It Works!
28. Darwin's Cathedral
29. Is There Anyone Out There? Is There Anyone Up There?
30. Ayn Rand: Religious Zealot
31. The Social Intelligence of Nations, or, Evil Aliens Need Not Apply
32. Mr. Beeper
33. The Ecology of Good and Evil
34. Mosquitoes Under the Bed
35. The Return of the Amateur Scientist
36. Bon Voyage
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Web Sites
Index
