| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A special difficulty that might prove fatal -- Darwin's bulldog versus the prince of evolution -- The greatest word from science since Darwin -- J.B.S. : the last man who might know all there was to be known -- Hamilton's rule -- The price of kinship -- Spreading the word -- Keepers of the flame -- Curator of mathematical models |
| Summary |
In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This problem plagued Charles Darwin in the 1850s as he developed his theory of evolution through natural selection. Indeed, Darwin worried that the goodness he observed in nature could be the Achilles heel of his theory. Ever since then, scientists and other thinkers have engaged in a fierce debate that has dragged politics, philosophy, and religion into what remains a major question for evolutionary biology." From the bookjacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-183) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Altruistic behavior in animals.
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Altruism.
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Altruism
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Altruism
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Altruistic behavior in animals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400841431 |
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1400841437 |
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