Nature's oracle : the life and work of W.D. Hamilton / Ullica Segerstrale.

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Segerstråle, Ullica Christina Olofsdotter

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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 441 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191642760
0191642762
9781283950367
1283950367
9780198607274
019860727X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nature's Oracle : The Life and Work of W.D. Hamilton.DDC classification:

576.82092 22

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QH31.H36 S44 2013eb

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42.01
42.21

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Growing up at Oaklea; 2. Finding Life's Pattern; 3. Schoolboy at Tonbridge; 4. Fisher Found and Lost; 5. The Struggle for Altruism; 6. Altruism through the Looking Glass; 7. Brazilian Break; 8. Sex and Death; 9. Challenges of Social Life; 10. The Price Effect; 11. Creativity in a Tight Spot; 12. Priority Matters; 13. When Leaving is Better than Staying; 14. Encounters with Sociobiology; 15. The Parasite Paradigm; 16. Cooperation without Kinship; 17. The Oxford Move; 18. Defending the Queen; 19. In Tune with Nature; 20. Truth at any Price.

21. Creative Strategies22. Through a Glass Darkly; 23. The Final Defiance; 24. The Edge of Creativity; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

Summary: W.D. Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even Darwin himself, and in due course resulted in terms like selfish genes, kin selection, and sociobiology becoming familiar to a wider public. Hamilton went on to solve many more major problems, and open u.

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W.D. Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even Darwin himself, and in due course resulted in terms like selfish genes, kin selection, and sociobiology becoming familiar to a wider public. Hamilton went on to solve many more major problems, and open u.

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