Author: | Edward O. Wilson | ISBN: | 9780674744172 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 24, 2000 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Edward O. Wilson |
ISBN: | 9780674744172 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
Publication: | March 24, 2000 |
Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
Language: | English |
When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. The controversy surrounding the book's publication--and surrounding its central claim that human social behavior has a biological foundation--reverberates to this day. In the introduction to this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Edward O. Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience over the past quarter of a century has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature.
When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. The controversy surrounding the book's publication--and surrounding its central claim that human social behavior has a biological foundation--reverberates to this day. In the introduction to this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Edward O. Wilson shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience over the past quarter of a century has strengthened the case for a biological understanding of human nature.