The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman.
2010
QH429.2.P75 H37 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The price of altruism : George Price and the search for the origins of kindness / Oren Harman.
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ISBN
9780393067781
0393067785
0393067785
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton, 2010.
Language
English
Description
451 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QH429.2.P75 H37 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
576.5092 B
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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