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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: W. D. Hamilton (Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Zoology, Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.570kg ISBN: 9780198503361ISBN 10: 0198503369 Pages: 930 Publication Date: 29 November 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Ghosts of the Museum 2: Messing the Plotter 3: Unequal Cousins 4: Best and Worst Hotels 5: 'Sex Itself' 6: Bright Birds 7: Man of the Sand-dune Tel 8: At the World's Crossroads 9: Bishop Wykeham on Evolution 10: Land of the Rising Sun 11: Being Rare and Successful 12: The Hospitals are Coming 13: Cited but Little Read 14: Wind in the Baobabs 15: Time Like a Dripping Tap 16: The Three Queens 17: Uccello/Othello 18: Health and Horsemen Appendices: Our Paper Then and Now Further EvidenceReviewsin both the papers and the essays Hamilton is at his best when enthusing about his favourite species. BioEssays The papers in the book are already classics of scientific research, and the introductions deserve to become classics of scientific autobiography (From the review of Volume 1 in Nature). "`This book is the evolutionary biologist's Harry Potter: the long awaited sequel to a captivating story of a young man with extraordinary powers' Nature 07/03/02 `""... a unique book: unfiltered, impassioned and ominous.""' The Independent `""Bill Hamilton was often light years ahead of his peers, waiting while other great scientific minds caught up with him. In Narrow Roads of Gene Land we have an atlas of genius that maps the meanderings, mental and physical, of this great and lonely man.""' New Scientist" `This book is the evolutionary biologist's Harry Potter: the long awaited sequel to a captivating story of a young man with extraordinary powers' Nature 07/03/02 ` ... a unique book: unfiltered, impassioned and ominous. ' The Independent ` Bill Hamilton was often light years ahead of his peers, waiting while other great scientific minds caught up with him. In Narrow Roads of Gene Land we have an atlas of genius that maps the meanderings, mental and physical, of this great and lonely man. ' New Scientist in both the papers and the essays Hamilton is at his best when enthusing about his favourite species. BioEssays The papers in the book are already classics of scientific research, and the introductions deserve to become classics of scientific autobiography (From the review of Volume 1 in Nature). Author InformationW. D. Hamilton is one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century and is widely regarded as the most important theoretical innovator in the evolutionary study of behaviour since Darwin. He is known throughout the world for his seminal work on social evolution (kin selection), sex ratio evolution and, more recently, for work on the involvement of parasites in sexual selection and on the evolutionary maintenance of sexuality. A Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hamilton is a Royal Society Research Professor in the Zoology Department at Oxford University. His awards include the Albert Wander Foundation Prize (Switzerland, 1992), the Crafoord Prize (Sweden, 1993), and the Kyoto Prize (Japan, 1993). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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