The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World - Hardcover
by Lixing Sun
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691198606ISBN-10:691198608UPC:9780691198606Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Biology, Evolution, ZoologySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCV460AXGG
The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars: Cheating and Deception in the Living World
A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians
Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691198606ISBN-10:691198608UPC:9780691198606Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Biology, Evolution, ZoologySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCV460AXGG
Lixing Sun is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Central Washington University. He is the author of The Fairness Instinct: The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature and the coauthor of The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer.
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