The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

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Zusammenfassung

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.

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The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

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.
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ISBN 13 9780140291247
ISBN 10 0140291245
Titel The Red Queen
Autor Matt Ridley
Serie Penguin Press Science S
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2000-03-02
Seitenanzahl 416
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