Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation

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This is a very readable (and very scientific) little book about sex in the animal kingdom. Yes, your roommate may call you a perv, but this book will give you a firm grounding in the latest thinking about sexual selection and mating systems. During the time period we’re reading it, we will spend the first portion of lecture talking about the significance of what Judson brings up. And to ensure that everyone keeps up with the reading, there will be a Blackboard quiz due at noon on that class day (the quiz will be available for you to take starting at noon the day before class). There will be a total of 13 quizzes, each worth 10 points. Dr. Tatiana material will not be covered on the reviews or exam unless we also cover the material during regular lecture.

http://www.drtatiana.com/

Olivia Judson is an evolutionary biologist and award-winning science journalist and writer. She received her doctorate in biological sciences from Oxford University before joining the staff of The Economist, where she wrote about biology and medicine. After leaving The Economist, she has written for a wide variety of other publications, including The New York Times, Nature, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The Daily Telegraph. She has also given a lectures and seminars at places including Harvard, Stanford, the University of Lausanne, and the Royal Institution of Great Britain. She is presently a research fellow at Imperial College London. Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is her first book-and her first TV show.

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ещё книг по поведению животных

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The Social Conquest of Earth [Hardcover]
Edward O. Wilson
Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while “overturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover magazine). Refashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. He proves that history makes no sense without prehistory, and prehistory makes no sense without biology.

Quiz: What Is Behavior?

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/21/science/21angi_quiz.html