Sex, Science & Profits

Terence Kealey

Publisher: VINTAGE

Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Format: Hardback

The greedy gene!

We live in a society where making money seems to be one of our sole purposes. But are we all just a greedy bunch of money-grabbing gluttons? And if so, what is the explanation? Terence Kealey takes a fascinating look at the materialistic and biological history of the human race, from Neolithic man to the electronic age!

Some people see science as a public good, funded by governments and performed by altruistic scientists for the benefit of mankind. Some see it as progress. But some see it as a dangerous tool for individual manipulation, driven by profit and promoted by business for economic and political power.

Kealey shows how science is not apart from human nature, having evolved on the principles of natural and sexual selection. From the discovery of tools to concubines in Ancient Egypt, modern patents and the race for technological advancement, explore the biological and economic roots of the greedy gene within us all!

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