About this title: No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seen, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks - or so science has claimed for years. This book tells readers differently. The authors demonstrate that unselfish behaviour is in fact an important feature of both biological and human nature. Their book provides a panoramic view of altruism throughout the animal kingdom - from self-sacrificing parasites to insects that subsume in the superorganism of a colony to the human capacity for selflessness - even as it explains the evolutionary sense of such behaviour. Explaining how altruistic ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1998. Hardcover. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780674930469ISBN:0674930460
Description: Fine. 394 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., cloth-backed boards. Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. All contents are like New; clean, bright and unmarked text. A crisp, clean copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780674930469ISBN:0674930460
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0674930460. Dustjacket and book both show almost no shelfwear. A very good/ near fine copy. No markings. Phil. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 Inches; 416 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press,, Cambridge:
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780674930469ISBN:0674930460
Description: Hardcover. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Fine. 1st edition, tan cloth spine with red paper-covered boards, 394 pages. Book is in excellent condition: clean, bright and tightly bound, with a couple of small smudges on the textblock edges. Jacket is also clean and bright and protected in a mylar cover. read more
Description: Good. 0674930479 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: Good. 0674930479 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780674930476ISBN:0674930479
Description: New. No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks-or so science has claimed for years. This book tells readers differently. The authors demonstrate that unselfish behaviour is in fact an importan... read more
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780674930476ISBN:0674930479
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks— or so science has claimed for years. This book, whose publication promises to be a major scientific event, tells us differently. In "Unto Others" philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all ... read more
Description: New. 0674930479 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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