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Ridley, Matt The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
Harper Perennial July 6, 2004 0-06-000679-X / 9780060006792 Paperback Very Good
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: In the follow-up to his bestseller, Genome, Matt Ridley takes on a centuri es-old question: is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Ridley asserts that the question itself is a "false dichotomy." Using copious exa mples from human and animal behavior, he presents the notion that our envi ronment affects the way our genes express themselves. Ridley writes that the switches controlling our 30,000 or so genes not onl y form the structures of our brains but do so in such a way as to cue off the outside environment in a tidy feedback loop of body and behavior. In f act, it seems clear that we have genetic "thermostats" that are turned up and down by environmental factors. He challenges both scientific and folk concepts, from assumptions of what's malleable in a person to sociobiologi cal theories based solely on the "selfish gene." Ridley's proof is in the pudding for such touchy subjects as monogamy, aggression, and parenting, which we now understand have some genetic controls. Nevertheless, "the more we understand both our genes and our instincts, the less inevitable they seem." A consummate popularizer of science, Ridley once again provides a perfect mix of history, genetics, and sociology for readers hungry to understand the implications of the human genome sequence.
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Ridley, Matt The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
Penguin April 1, 1998 0-14-026445-0 / 9780140264456 Paperback Near Fine
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Human life, scientific journalist Matt Ridley suggests, is a complex balancing act: we behave with self-interest foremost in mind, but also in ways that do not harm, and sometimes even benefit, others. This behavior, in a strange way, makes us good. It also makes us unique in the animal world, where self-interest is far more pronounced. "The essential virtuousness of human beings is proved not by parallels in the animal kingdom, but by the very lack of convincing animal parallels," Ridley writes. How we got to be so virtuous over millions of years of evolution is the theme of this entertaining book of popular science, which will be of interest to any student of human nature.
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