Book ID: CBB000471082

The Triumph of Sociobiology (2001)

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Alcock, John (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: x + 257 pp.; map, ill.; bib.; index
Language: English

Description An exploration and defense of sociobiology as it has developed since the 1970s.


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Review Larson, Allan (2002) Review of "The Triumph of Sociobiology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 348). unapi

Review Ariew, André (2003) Review of "The Triumph of Sociobiology". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 615). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Fan, Hong
Alex Dennis
Klassen, Anna
Dent, Rosanna
Flack, Andrew
Grodwohl, Jean-Baptiste
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
History of the Human Sciences
History of Psychology
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Rutgers University
Concepts
Sociobiology
Animal behavior
Discipline formation
Animal psychology
Evolutionary psychology
Evolution
People
Wilson, Edward Osborne
Belyaev, Dmitry Vasilievich
Trut, Lyudmila N.
Tinbergen, Nikolaas
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich
Scott, John Paul
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
China
Mato Grosso (Brazil)
England
Germany
Soviet Union
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