Eric S. Haag

The Other Big Bang

The Story of Sex and Its Human Legacy

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Produktbeschreibung

The evolutionary and developmental biologist Eric S. Haag explores the two-billion-year history of sex, from the first organisms on Earth to contemporary humans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780231207140
• ISBN-10: 023120714X
• Artikelnr.: 70877371

Autorenporträt

Eric S. Haag is professor of biology and director of the Biological Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has conducted research on the evolution of sex and reproduction in animals such as sea urchins, roundworms, and hermaphroditic fish for three decades.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Note on Language
Part I. The Dots That Need Connecting
1. Sex in the Air
2. Ex Unum Pluribus
Part II. From Microbes to Mammals
3. Go Big
4. The Left Fin of Darkness
5. One Genome, Two Bodies
6. Going It Alone
7. Land Ho!
8. The Bun in the Oven
Part III. Sexual Homo
9. Period Piece
10. Scents and Sensibility
11. The Male Gaze
12. Sex Versus Sexism
13. Queerly Normal
14. Pronouns
Epilogue: Eyes Wide Open
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index