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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Name: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Brand: Harper Perennial
SKU: 9780060556570
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Contributors:

Matt Ridley

Publisher:

Harper Perennial

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science

Book Subcategory:

Life Sciences, History

Book Topic:

Biology, Evolution

Edition Description:

2nd Edition

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Release Date:

2003-04-29

ISBN 13:

9780060556570

Weight:

0.67 lbs

Size:

8.01 x 5.32 x 1.00 inches

Pages:

416

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"A terrific book, witty and lucid, and brimming with provocative conjectures." (Wall Street Journal) from the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Genome

Brilliantly written, The Red Queen compels us to rethink everything from the persistence of sexism to the endurance of romantic love.

Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture--including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. The Red Queen offers an extraordinary new way of interpreting the human condition and how it has evolved.

About the Author
Ridley, Matt: -

Matt Ridley is the author of books that have sold well over a million copies in 32 languages: THE RED QUEEN, THE ORIGINS OF VIRTUE, GENOME, NATURE VIA NURTURE, FRANCIS CRICK, THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST, THE EVOLUTION OF EVERYTHING, and HOW INNOVATION WORKS. In his bestseller GENOME and in his biography of Francis Crick, he showed an ability to translate the details of genomic discoveries into understandable and exciting stories. During the current pandemic, he has written essays for the Wall Street Journal and The Spectator about the origin and genomics of the virus. His most recent WSJ piece appeared on January 16, 2021. He is a member of the House of Lords in the UK.

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