
Are selfishness and individuality—rather than kindness and cooperation—basic to biological nature? Does a "selfish gene" create universal sexual conflict? In The Genial Gene, Joan Roughgarden forcefully... Read More
- The American Scholar“The arguments and counterarguments will most certainly generate a good deal of heat, but also, let’s hope,. . . . even more light.”
- Nature“Succeeds in re-opening issues long thought closed.. . . .(Challenging) what we thought we already know.”
- New Scientist“Roughgarden's new theory is likely to end up an important extension to existing thought.”
- New Yorker“Argues that. . . . sexual selection as a form of self-seeking improvement on the part of each beast is a myth.”
– The American Scholar“The arguments and counterarguments will most certainly generate a good deal of heat, but also, let’s hope,. . . . even more light.”
– Nature“Succeeds in re-opening issues long thought closed.. . . .(Challenging) what we thought we already know.”
– New Scientist“Roughgarden's new theory is likely to end up an important extension to existing thought.”
– New Yorker“Argues that. . . . sexual selection as a form of self-seeking improvement on the part of each beast is a myth.”