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Title: Evolution's Rainbow : Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People by Joan Roughgarden ISBN: 0-520-24073-1 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Mixed Bag
Comment: Roughgarden's convingly-argued case against the theory of sexual selection is long overdue, and the alternative she proposes -- social selection -- is intriguing. However, one is advised to approach the second half of the book with caution. Roughgarden is far too uncritical in her acceptance of sex differences research. Definitely read Fausto-Sterling, Tavris, and/or Hubbard before tackling this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating, and above all, thought-provoking
Comment: If you desired, you could read through the 400-plus pages of this book without believing one word that Dr. Roughgarden says, but one thing is for sure: it will make you think, whether you believe it or not. It would be hard not to agree with most of what the author states, as she uses more than enough evidence, and often important experimental results, to make a valid concluding point. I was fascinated in every chapter, from reading about sexuality in a variety of mammals, to learning the sexual practices of Acient cultures, to discovering the Bible's take on sex and sexuality. So if you are at all interested in biology, this book is a must for a fascinating, thought-provoking read.
Rating: 1
Summary: Half an interesting book
Comment: Cast around a bit on the web and you will find a respectful, carefully worded evaluation of Evolution's Rainbow by Simon LeVay which was written for Princeton University Press (who did not publish the book). The guist of that critique is that the Prof. Roughgarden starts with a important overview of sexual diveristy in nature, followed by a weak attack on the theory of sexual selection. I am not in a position to decide who is right. However, Prof. Roughgarden's unbelievably vituperative attacks on that evaluator (also available on the web) makes me suspect it is Dr. LeVay.
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Title: Beasts of Eden : Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution by David Rains Wallace ISBN: 0520237315 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought by Gary F. Marcus ISBN: 0465044050 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 16 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: More than Kin and Less than Kind : The Evolution of Family Conflict by Douglas W. Mock ISBN: 0674012852 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: For Love of Insects : by Thomas Eisner ISBN: 0674011813 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A Devil's Chaplain : Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love by Richard Dawkins ISBN: 0618335404 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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