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Mean Genes
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Author : Terry Burnham
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Mean Genes written by Terry Burnham and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Science categories.
Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the connections between our genes and our behavior; they also outline steps that we can take to tame our primal instincts and so improve the quality of our lives. Why do we want (and do) so many things that are bad for us? We vow to lose those extra five pounds, put more money in the bank, and mend neglected relationships, but our attempts often end in failure. Mean Genes reveals that struggles for self-improvement are, in fact, battles against our own genes -- genes that helped our cavewoman and caveman ancestors flourish but that are selfish and out of place in the modern world. Why do we like junk food more than fruit? Why is the road to romance so rocky? Why is happiness so elusive? What drives us into debt? An investigation into the biological nature of temptation and the struggle for control, Mean Genes answers these and other fundamental questions about human nature while giving us an edge to lead more satisfying lives.
Mean Genes
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Author : Terry Burnham
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Mean Genes written by Terry Burnham and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Science categories.
Short, sassy, and bold, Mean Genes uses a Darwinian lens to examine the issues that most deeply affect our lives: body image, money, addiction, violence, and the endless search for happiness, love, and fidelity. But Burnham and Phelan don't simply describe the connections between our genes and our behavior; they also outline steps that we can take to tame our primal instincts and so improve the quality of our lives. Why do we want (and do) so many things that are bad for us? We vow to lose those extra five pounds, put more money in the bank, and mend neglected relationships, but our attempts often end in failure. Mean Genes reveals that struggles for self-improvement are, in fact, battles against our own genes -- genes that helped our cavewoman and caveman ancestors flourish but that are selfish and out of place in the modern world. Why do we like junk food more than fruit? Why is the road to romance so rocky? Why is happiness so elusive? What drives us into debt? An investigation into the biological nature of temptation and the struggle for control, Mean Genes answers these and other fundamental questions about human nature while giving us an edge to lead more satisfying lives.
Mean Genes
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Author : Terry Burnham
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Mean Genes written by Terry Burnham and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Science categories.
Why do we want—and why do we do—so many things that are bad for us? And how can we stop? In Mean Genes economist Terry Burnham and biologist Jay Phelan offer advice on how to conquer our own worst enemy—our survival-minded genes. Having evolved in a time of scarcity, when our ancestors struggled to survive in the wild, our genes are poorly adapted to the convenience of modern society. They compel us to overeat, spend our whole paycheck, and cheat on our spouses. But knowing how they work, Burnham and Phelan show that we can trick these "mean genes" into submission and cultivate behaviors that will help us lead better lives. A lively, humorous guide to our evolutionary heritage, Mean Genes illuminates how we can use an understanding of our biology to beat our instincts—before they beat us.
Mean Genes
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Author : Terry Burnham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Mean Genes written by Terry Burnham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with self help books categories.
The Selfish Gene
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Author : Richard Dawkins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
The Selfish Gene written by Richard Dawkins and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Medical categories.
Science need not be dull and bogged down by jargon, as Richard Dawkins proves in this entertaining look at evolution. The themes he takes up are the concepts of altruistic and selfish behaviour; the genetical definition of selfish interest; the evolution of aggressive behaviour; kinshiptheory; sex ratio theory; reciprocal altruism; deceit; and the natural selection of sex differences. 'Should be read, can be read by almost anyone. It describes with great skill a new face of the theory of evolution.' W.D. Hamilton, Science
Scientific American Biology In A Changing World Mean Genes
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Author : Michele Shuster
language : en
Publisher: W H Freeman & Company
Release Date : 2011-08-02
Scientific American Biology In A Changing World Mean Genes written by Michele Shuster and has been published by W H Freeman & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-02 with Science categories.
What It Means To Be 98 Chimpanzee
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Author : Jonathan Marks
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-11
What It Means To Be 98 Chimpanzee written by Jonathan Marks and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11 with Nature categories.
Focusing on the remarkable similarity between chimp and human DNA, the author explores the role of molecular genetics, anthropology, biology, and psychology in the human-ape relationship.
She Has Her Mother S Laugh
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Author : Carl Zimmer
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-06-14
She Has Her Mother S Laugh written by Carl Zimmer and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-14 with Science categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION She Has Her Mother’s Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities . . . But, award-winning science writer Carl Zimmer argues, heredity isn’t just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer’s lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it. Weaving together historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world’s best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations.
What S Wrong With Mean Gene
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Author : Kai Ayana Baltimore
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2017-07-21
What S Wrong With Mean Gene written by Kai Ayana Baltimore and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-21 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Gene would like to play and make friends with his classmates, but he does not know how to share and be kind. For this reason, Gene is often upset, and he takes out his frustration on his classmates by doing naughty things to them. Mrs. Beegle, Genes teacher, teaches him a lesson that will change the way Gene interacts with his classmates.
Biosocial Surveys
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2008-01-06
Biosocial Surveys written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-06 with Social Science categories.
Biosocial Surveys analyzes the latest research on the increasing number of multipurpose household surveys that collect biological data along with the more familiar interviewerâ€"respondent information. This book serves as a follow-up to the 2003 volume, Cells and Surveys: Should Biological Measures Be Included in Social Science Research? and asks these questions: What have the social sciences, especially demography, learned from those efforts and the greater interdisciplinary communication that has resulted from them? Which biological or genetic information has proven most useful to researchers? How can better models be developed to help integrate biological and social science information in ways that can broaden scientific understanding? This volume contains a collection of 17 papers by distinguished experts in demography, biology, economics, epidemiology, and survey methodology. It is an invaluable sourcebook for social and behavioral science researchers who are working with biosocial data.