The Red Queen

Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

Matt Ridley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2000 | New edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-029124-7 (ISBN)

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Sex is a subject as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. This book explores scientific findings on sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists to questions of how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive.

Sex is a subject as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. From the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to questions of how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive and why, research into the nature of sex has given rise to a vast range of findings. This book explores these findings, and their implications for the sexual behaviour of our own species, putting forward the metaphor of the red queen (from "Alice in Wonderland"), who has to run at full speed to stay where she is as a highly effective metaphor for a whole range of sexual behaviours. The book was shortlisted for the 1994 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books.

Human nature; the enigma; the power of parasites; genetic mutiny and gender; the peacock's tale; polygamy and the nature of men; monogamy and the nature of women; sexing the mind; the uses of beauty; the intellectual chess game; the self-domesticated ape.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.3.2000
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Press Science S.
Zusatzinfo	illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 180 mm
Gewicht	264 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-14-029124-5 / 0140291245
ISBN-13	978-0-14-029124-7 / 9780140291247
Zustand	Neuware