Sex, Science And Profits - Couverture rigide

Kealey, Terence

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Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434008249 ISBN 13 : 9780434008247

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2008

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

A clever, thought-provoking look at the biological roots of economics -- Kealey’s insightful work illuminates in the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and Jared Diamond.

In this highly original work, the author makes a groundbreaking and exciting connection between the
evolutionary and economic history of humanity. He explains how the roots of barter, trade and the contract are embedded in human nature, and how markets work on the evolutionary patterns of natural selection.

Splendidly multi-faceted, the book travels across human history from Neolithic times, through Ancient Egypt and the Renaissance European explorers, to the failure of the Soviet economy in recent years. Through this journey Kealey skillfully demonstrates how an understanding of biology and natural selection radically transforms our view of economics, business, technology and the economic history of the human species. This exceptional study will appeal to anyone who enjoys popular science, history or serious business books. Sex, Science and Profits is witty, magnificent, thought- provoking and provocative. It promises to be an important and highly controversial book.

Quatri�me de couverture :

'Hugely ambitious, stupendously confident and unrelentingly provocative... a tropical storm of a book' Sunday Telegraph

The question 'What is art?' is frequently debated, but 'What is science?' appears to be discussed less often - though the answers could reveal far more about us...

Is science a public good? Does science mean progress? Or is science something more exploitative - driven by profit, promoted by businesses and institutions looking for economic and political power? In this ground-breaking study in the tradition of Richard Dawkins and Jared Diamond, Terence Kealey shows how an understanding of sexual and natural selection can transform our view of progress in economics, business and technology. Richly multi-disciplinary, witty, brilliant and thought-provoking, it is an important and controversial book.

'Absorbing...a gloriously idiosyncratic work' Sunday Times

'An entertaining canter through global history...energy and muscular prose are much in evidence' The Times

'A bracing argument, and Kealey writes clearly and well...fascinating' Guardian

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