The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness

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出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.
2011-11
ISBN: 9780393339994
定价: 228.30
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 451页
正文语种: 英语
  • Survivalofthefittestorsurvivalofthenicest?Sincethedawnoftimemanhascontemplatedthemysteryofaltruism,butitwasDarwinwhoposedthequestionmoststarkly.Fromtheselflessanttothestingingbeetothemanlayingdownhislifeforastranger,evolutionhasyieldedagoodnessthatintheoryshouldneverbe.Setagainstthesweepingtaleof150yearsofscientificattemptstoexplainkindness,ThePriceofAltruismtellsforthefirsttimethemovingstoryoftheeccentricAmericangeniusGeorgePrice(19221975),ashestrivestoanswerevolution'sgreatestriddle.Anoriginalandpenetratingpictureoftwentiethcenturythought,itisalsoadeeplypersonaljourney.FromtheheightsoftheManhattanProjecttotheinspiredequationthatexplainsaltruismtothedepthsofhomelessnessanddespair,Price'slifeembodiestheparadoxesofDarwinsenigma.Histragicsuicideinasquattersflat,amongthevagabondstowhomhegaveallhispossessions,providestheultimatecontemplationonthepossibilityofgenuinebenevolence. OrenHarmanobtainedaD.PhilintheHistoryofSciencefromOxfordUniversityin2001.HeistheChairoftheGraduatePrograminScience,TechnologyandSocietyatBarIlanUniversity,theauthorofTheManWhoInventedtheChromosome,adocumentaryfilmmaker,andafrequentcontributortoTheNewRepublic.HelivesinTelAviv.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
  • 内容简介:
    Survivalofthefittestorsurvivalofthenicest?Sincethedawnoftimemanhascontemplatedthemysteryofaltruism,butitwasDarwinwhoposedthequestionmoststarkly.Fromtheselflessanttothestingingbeetothemanlayingdownhislifeforastranger,evolutionhasyieldedagoodnessthatintheoryshouldneverbe.Setagainstthesweepingtaleof150yearsofscientificattemptstoexplainkindness,ThePriceofAltruismtellsforthefirsttimethemovingstoryoftheeccentricAmericangeniusGeorgePrice(19221975),ashestrivestoanswerevolution'sgreatestriddle.Anoriginalandpenetratingpictureoftwentiethcenturythought,itisalsoadeeplypersonaljourney.FromtheheightsoftheManhattanProjecttotheinspiredequationthatexplainsaltruismtothedepthsofhomelessnessanddespair,Price'slifeembodiestheparadoxesofDarwinsenigma.Histragicsuicideinasquattersflat,amongthevagabondstowhomhegaveallhispossessions,providestheultimatecontemplationonthepossibilityofgenuinebenevolence.
  • 作者简介:
    OrenHarmanobtainedaD.PhilintheHistoryofSciencefromOxfordUniversityin2001.HeistheChairoftheGraduatePrograminScience,TechnologyandSocietyatBarIlanUniversity,theauthorofTheManWhoInventedtheChromosome,adocumentaryfilmmaker,andafrequentcontributortoTheNewRepublic.HelivesinTelAviv.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
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