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基本説明
'A good candidate for the title of most distinguished Darwinian since Darwin' Professor Richard Dawkins on W. D. Hamilton.
Full Description
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 up ever new fields - he shaped much of our currentunderstanding of central problems including the evolution of sexual reproduction and ageing. He became world famous and garnered international prizes.But this is all in hindsight. In fact, Hamilton's recognition came late - his career is a classic case of misunderstood genius. In this illuminating and moving biography Ullica Segerstrale documents Hamilton's extraordinary life and work, revealing a man of immense intellectual curiosity, an uncompromising truth-seeker, a naturalist and jungle explorer, a risk-taker, an unconventional scientist with a poet's soul and a deep concern for life on earth and mankind's future.
Contents
Preface ; 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 Strategies ; 22. Through a Glass Darkly ; 23. The Final Defiance ; 24. The Edge of Creativity ; Notes ; Glossary ; References ; Index
