Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index.
Preface : a bicycle is not enough -- From nature up -- Rules of the game -- Beginner's guide to life, sex, and fitness -- What is sociobiology? -- Tycho's gift -- Misadventures in method -- Dr. Pangloss's last hurrah -- Proper study? -- Hypothoses non fingo -- Emperor's new equations -- Last infirmity.
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This book presents a detailed evaluation of the controversial claims that sociobiologists have made about human nature and human social behavior. It raises the "sociobiology debate" to a new level, moving beyond arguments about the politics of the various parties involved, the degree to which sociobiology assumes genetic determinism, or the falsifiability of the general theory.--Publisher's description.