Psychology
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- John D. Wagner reviews The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller
- Why have humans evolved such costly and complex brains? And further, why do we use our brains to produce such seemingly useless behaviors as art or music? Evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller suggests that the reason might lie in what he considers to be Darwin's most significant contribution to evolution: sexual selection.
- 1044
- La Difference
- Jim Holt reviews 'The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Are Changing the World' by Helen Fisher.
- 1047
- Linked: Barabasi ratifies Kauffman, demotes the social gene by James Brody
- Linked offers many heuristic possibilities if your interests are in genetic, neural, electronic, or social organizations.
- 1048
- Little Gray Cells
- Galen Strawson reviews 'The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds in a Material World' by Colin McGinn.
- 1050
- Lynn O'Connor reviews A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon
- A General Theory of Love, by three long-time collaborating psychiatrists, Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon, is a compelling and timely discussion not only of love between lovers, but love between parents and children, therapists and patients.
- 1051
- Major Transitions in Evolution
- John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary look at a range of topics in evolutionary biology, from abiogenesis to the origins of societies and language.
- 1052
- Make War, Not Nice!
- Carol Gilligan reviews 'The Kinder, Gentler Military : Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars?' by Stephanie Gutmann
- 1053
- Map of Life
- Lee M. Silver reviews 'Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters' by Matt Ridley.
- 1054
- Maternal Instinct
- Anne Magurran reviews 'Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection' by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.
- 1056
- Mystery of Mysteries - Michael Ruse
- A review and a link to other reviews of 'Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?' by Michael Ruse.
- 1057
- Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers - Colin Tudge
- A review, and links to other information about and reviews of 'Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers' by Colin Tudge.