false 16176 6 Referring to Lewis Carroll's <i>Red Queen</i> from <i>Through the Looking-Glass</i>, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. <i>The Red Queen</i> answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture -- including why men propose marriage, the method behind our maddening notions of beauty, and the disquieting fact that a woman is more likely to conceive a child by an adulterous lover than by her husband. Brilliantly written, <i>The Red Queen</i> offers an extraordinary new way of interpreting the human condition and how it has evolved. 1254615 2000 The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature total:743|5:221|4:320|3:167|2:28|1:7| 743 2949 1329 94 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 1 false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:38:32 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 24 14:41:26 -0700 2008
Roughly the first 1/2 to 2/3 of the books covers the different explanations for why sex arose and the mating habits of various non...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 1 false Sun Oct 07 07:25:06 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 07:31:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 11:35:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 16:34:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 2 false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:14:10 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 12:05:38 -0700 2008
And it certainly does make it strange to go to a party and watch a...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 16:03:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 16:03:26 -0800 2008
At times, he's a bit too loquacious. One ...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 21:13:30 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 14:34:47 -0800 2008
Sounds like the human race. We may ...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 true Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 03 19:08:38 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 22:46:58 -0700 2008
This book is about the effect of parasites on sex and culture. Sex is the caused by the need to fight off parasites that have a much faster generat...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 23 18:52:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 16 13:08:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 false Thu Aug 13 17:34:31 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:44:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 29 05:47:01 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:43:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 0 false Fri Nov 21 09:59:01 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 10:01:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 4 0 false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 01 14:21:57 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 14:24:19 -0800 2009
Matt Ridley seems to be rather fond of speculation and unconfirmed information. So while I would recommend this book, I would tell people to take note that a lot of what is said here is educated guesses and conje...more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 false Sat Dec 13 21:46:10 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 21:49:53 -0800 2008 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 20:04:08 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 20:04:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 false Sun Feb 25 18:17:39 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 25 18:28:50 -0800 2007 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 15 15:04:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 15:09:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 3 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 08:31:43 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 08:33:11 -0700 2009 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 1 0 false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 23:08:46 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 23:08:51 -0700 2009 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 01 17:38:03 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 17:48:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 16176 0060556579 9780060556570 726 94 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719841m/16176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16176.The_Red_Queen_Sex_and_the_Evolution_of_Human_Nature 5 0 false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Apr 09 18:06:43 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 17:50:10 -0700 2009
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