Genesis - by Edward O Wilson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The book bursts to life with [Wilson's] observations of nature, from fire ants and social spiders to starlings."--Aarathi Prasad, <em>New York Times Book Review</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>An "endlessly fascinating" (Michael Ruse) work of scientific thought and synthesis, <em>Genesis</em> is Edward O. Wilson's twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution. Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and that the human body and mind have a physical base obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry, Wilson demonstrates that the only way for us to fully understand human behavior is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. At least seventeen of these species--among them the African naked mole rat and the sponge-dwelling shrimp--have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism and cooperation. Braiding twenty-first- century scientific theory with the lyrical biological and humanistic observations for which Wilson is beloved, <em>Genesis</em> is "a magisterial history of social evolution, from clouds of midges or sparrows to the grotesqueries of ant colonies" (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, starred review).</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Genesis</em> is a beautifully clear account of a question that has lain unsolved at the core of biology ever since Darwin: how can natural selection produce individuals so altruistic that, rather than breeding themselves, they help others to do so?--Richard Wrangham, author of The Goodness Paradox<br><br>Endlessly fascinating, Edward O. Wilson - in the tradition of Darwin - plumbs the depths of human evolution in a most readable fashion without sacrificing scholarly rigor.--Michael Ruse, author of A Meaning of Life<br><br>In his characteristically clear, succinct, and elegant prose, one of our grand masters of synthesis, Edward O. Wilson, explains here no less than the origin of human society.--Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize<br><br>Arresting.... Deeply informative and provocative.--Ray Olson, Booklist<br><br>The acclaimed naturalist delivers a pithy summary of evidence for Darwinian evolution of human behavior.... A magisterial history of social evolution, [and] lucid, concise overview of human evolution that mentions tools and brain power in passing but focuses on the true source of our pre-eminence: the ability to work together.--Kirkus Reviews [starred review]<br>
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