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The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness /

Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave away all his belongings and took his own life in a squatter's flat.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harman, Oren Solomon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, 2010.
Subjects:
Price, George Robert, > 1922-1975.
Genetics > United States > Biography.
Genetics > Great Britain > Biography.
Science > United States > Biography.
Science > Great Britain > Biography.
Genetics, Population.
Behavior, Animal.
Altruism.
Geneticists > United States > Biography.
Geneticists > Great Britain > Biography.
Scientists > United States > Biography.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Population genetics.
Altruistic behavior in animals.

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Call Number: QH429.2.P75 H37 2010
 
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