Mating Mind (eBook)

Geoffrey Miller (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
528 Seiten
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (Verlag)
9780307813749 (ISBN)

Infos

At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating Mind marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing–and radical–explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.12.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• ISBN-13: 9780307813749 / 9780307813749