David Sloan Wilson

The Neighborhood Project

Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time

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Produktbeschreibung

After decades of studying animals in their habitats, evolutionary biologist Wilson had a radical idea: apply evolutionary science to the study of a city. Cities are like organisms, so why not study them as such?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Brown and Company
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 162mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 695g
• ISBN-13: 9780316037679
• ISBN-10: 0316037672
• Artikelnr.: 32729869

Autorenporträt

David Sloan Wilson is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is widely known for his fundamental contributions to evolutionary science and for explaining evolution to the general public. His books include Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives, Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, and Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior (with Elliott Sober). In addition to his own research, Wilson manages programs that expand the scope of evolutionary science in higher education, public policy, community-based research, and the study of religion.